Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Enters a New Era as Leadership Transitions Beyond Warren Buffett
Ironvine Capital Partners, an investment management company, released its Q4 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Ironvine Capital Partners emphasized in its latest investor letter that long-term equity returns are ultimately driven by underlying earnings growth, noting that businesses held across its portfolios increased earnings between 12% and 16% in 2025, while holdings have compounded profits at roughly 15%–18% annually over the past nine years. The firm expects another year of mid-teens earnings growth across its companies in 2026, supported by durable competitive advantages, reinvestment opportunities, and structural industry tailwinds. Performance for the Ironvine Concentrated Equity Composite returned 11.27% in 2025, compared with 17.88% for the S&P 500 Index, while the Ironvine Core Equity Composite gained 9.68% during the year. The letter highlighted several major portfolio holdings benefiting from trends such as cloud computing expansion, aerospace maintenance demand, datacenter and semiconductor growth tied to artificial intelligence, resilient credit markets, the continued digitization of payments, and the global need for enterprise software and risk-management services. Despite acknowledging uncertainties ranging from regulatory developments to cyclical industry conditions, the firm remains confident that owning durable, high-quality businesses with strong reinvestment opportunities can generate double-digit long-term returns even if market valuations moderate. Please review the Portfolio’s top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2025.
In its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter, Ironvine Capital Partners highlighted stocks like Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B). Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) is a diversified holding company led by Warren Buffett with businesses spanning insurance, energy, railroads, manufacturing, and consumer products. The one-month return of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) was -3.36% while its shares traded between $455.19 and $542.07 over the last 52 weeks. On March 19, 2026, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) stock closed at approximately $481.48 per share, with a market capitalization of about $1.04 trillion.
Ironvine Capital Partners stated the following regarding Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) in its Q4 2025 investor letter:
“At Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B)’s annual meeting last May, Warren Buffett surprised the investment community by announcing he would step down as CEO at the end of 2025—his 60th year guiding the company. Berkshire’s vice chair and operating chief Greg Abel became CEO on January 1st. As a 25-year veteran at the company, Abel knows Berkshire and exudes the cultural aspects of what Buffett has been stitching together since 1965. Abel is an operator. But how he manages Berkshire’s enormous cash hoard and equity portfolio will be his most important job. He’s being dealt a tough hand to start with as Berkshire shares aren’t undervalued as they were for much of the mid-2010s and early 2020s. Because so, Abel will be without the easiest and most scalable capital allocation tool available to him—repurchasing Berkshire shares at a steep discount to intrinsic value. And although we wouldn’t rule it out completely, we expect Abel to continue Berkshire’s no dividend policy as long as Buffett is around (Click here to read the full text).
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) is in 19th position on our list of 40 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds Heading Into 2026. As per our database, 133 hedge fund portfolios held Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) at the end of the fourth quarter, which was 128 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you’re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
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