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Berkshire’s Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500 by Five-Year Periods
Annual Percentage Change
Five-Year Period
in Per-Share
Book Value of
Berkshire
(1)
in S&P 500
with Dividends
Included
(2)
Relative
Results
(1)-(2)
1965-1969 ............................................... 17.2 5.0 12.2
1966-1970 ............................................... 14.7 3.9 10.8
1967-1971 ............................................... 13.9 9.2 4.7
1968-1972 ............................................... 16.8 7.5 9.3
1969-1973 ............................................... 17.7 2.0 15.7
1970-1974 ............................................... 15.0 (2.4) 17.4
1971-1975 ............................................... 13.9 3.2 10.7
1972-1976 ............................................... 20.8 4.9 15.9
1973-1977 ............................................... 23.4 (0.2) 23.6
1974-1978 ............................................... 24.4 4.3 20.1
1975-1979 ............................................... 30.1 14.7 15.4
1976-1980 ............................................... 33.4 13.9 19.5
1977-1981 ............................................... 29.0 8.1 20.9
1978-1982 ............................................... 29.9 14.1 15.8
1979-1983 ............................................... 31.6 17.3 14.3
1980-1984 ............................................... 27.0 14.8 12.2
1981-1985 ............................................... 32.6 14.6 18.0
1982-1986 ............................................... 31.5 19.8 11.7
1983-1987 ............................................... 27.4 16.4 11.0
1984-1988 ............................................... 25.0 15.2 9.8
1985-1989 ............................................... 31.1 20.3 10.8
1986-1990 ............................................... 22.9 13.1 9.8
1987-1991 ............................................... 25.4 15.3 10.1
1988-1992 ............................................... 25.6 15.8 9.8
1989-1993 ............................................... 24.4 14.5 9.9
1990-1994 ............................................... 18.6 8.7 9.9
1991-1995 ............................................... 25.6 16.5 9.1
1992-1996 ............................................... 24.2 15.2 9.0
1993-1997 ............................................... 26.9 20.2 6.7
1994-1998 ............................................... 33.7 24.0 9.7
1995-1999 ............................................... 30.4 28.5 1.9
1996-2000 ............................................... 22.9 18.3 4.6
1997-2001 ............................................... 14.8 10.7 4.1
1998-2002 ............................................... 10.4 (0.6) 11.0
1999-2003 ............................................... 6
.0 (0.6) 6.6
2000-2004 ............................................... 8.0 (2.3) 10.3
2001-2005 ............................................... 8.0 0.6 7.4
2002-2006 ............................................... 13.1 6.2 6.9
2003-2007 ............................................... 13.3 12.8 0.5
2004-2008 ............................................... 6.9 (2.2) 9.1
2005-2009 ............................................... 8.6 0.4 8.2
2006-2010 ............................................... 10.0 2.3 7.7
Notes: The first two periods cover the five years beginning September 30 of the previous year. The third period covers
63 months beginning September 30, 1966 to December 31, 1971. All other periods involve calendar years.
The other notes on page 2 also apply to this table.
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