DJ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B $(BRK.B)$ rallied 1.27% to $487.48 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.78% to 6,869.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.49% to 48,739.41.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed 10.07% short of its 52-week high of $542.07, which the company reached on May 2nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as GE Aerospace $(GE)$ rose 1.70% to $339.81, Honeywell International Inc. $(HON)$ rose 0.87% to $245.97, and Illinois Tool Works Inc. $(ITW)$ rose 0.42% to $287.17.
Trading volume (4.3 M) remained 587,967 below its 50-day average volume of 4.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 4, 2026.
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March 04, 2026 16:31 ET (21:31 GMT)
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