Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) returns by market regime

In past Mildly Off markets, BRK-B's typical 3-month return was +0.6%, rising 53% of the time, below its +3.1% across all markets.

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Tick: typical return · Bar ends: usual range · Dashed line: 0% · Arrow: runs past the edge

Risk-On

Typical return +1.7%, usual range −3% to +9%.How often it rose: 68%

Mildly On

Typical return +1.4%, usual range −4% to +8%.How often it rose: 63%

Neutral

Typical return +0.7%, usual range −4% to +6%.How often it rose: 56%

Mildly OffToday

Typical return +0.4%, usual range −7% to +6%.How often it rose: 53%

Risk-Off

Typical return +2.5%, usual range −10% to +9%.How often it rose: 63%

Risk-On

Typical return +4.2%, usual range −2% to +14%.How often it rose: 76%

Mildly On

Typical return +3.2%, usual range −5% to +12%.How often it rose: 72%

Neutral

Typical return +1.7%, usual range −5% to +9%.How often it rose: 62%

Mildly OffToday

Typical return +0.6%, usual range −9% to +9%.How often it rose: 53%

Risk-Off

Typical return +1.8%, usual range −13% to +11%.How often it rose: 59%

Risk-On

Typical return +6.6%, usual range −3% to +17%.How often it rose: 77%

Mildly On

Typical return +5.2%, usual range −3% to +14%.How often it rose: 78%

Neutral

Typical return +2.7%, usual range −4% to +12%.How often it rose: 68%

Mildly OffToday

Typical return +0.6%, usual range −10% to +10%.How often it rose: 53%

Risk-OffLimited history

Typical return +0.5%, usual range −13% to +13%, limited history.How often it rose: 53%

Risk-On

Typical return +13.9%, usual range −2% to +25%.How often it rose: 84%

Mildly On

Typical return +9.8%, usual range −4% to +22%.How often it rose: 84%

Neutral

Typical return +7.0%, usual range −7% to +17%.How often it rose: 74%

Mildly OffToday

Typical return +4.4%, usual range −11% to +13%.How often it rose: 65%

Risk-OffLimited history

Typical return +7.5%, usual range −15% to +16%, limited history.How often it rose: 68%

Risk-OnLimited history

Typical return +22.5%, usual range +2% to +46%, limited history.How often it rose: 93%

Mildly OnLimited history

Typical return +20.7%, usual range +1% to +33%, limited history.How often it rose: 92%

Neutral

Typical return +11.6%, usual range −6% to +32%.How often it rose: 75%

Mildly OffTodayLimited history

Typical return +5.9%, usual range −9% to +28%, limited history.How often it rose: 70%

Risk-Off
Too little history: 8 past 12-month periods
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Typical return for BRK-B over the next 1 month to 1 year, by market regimeHow often it rose: the share of past periods in which BRK-B ended higher, by market regimePast periods: how many past periods, none overlapping, stand behind each figure for BRK-B, by market regime
Regime1 month2 months3 months6 months1 year
Risk-On+1.7%68%53+4.2%76%38+6.6%77%27+13.9%84%18+22.5%93%10, limited history
Mildly On+1.4%63%89+3.2%72%53+5.2%78%40+9.8%84%24+20.7%92%14, limited history
Neutral+0.7%56%138+1.7%62%81+2.7%68%57+7.0%74%33+11.6%75%17
Mildly Off Today+0.4%53%82+0.6%53%52+0.6%53%39+4.4%65%22+5.9%70%13, limited history
Risk-Off+2.5%63%26+1.8%59%18+0.5%53%14, limited history+7.5%68%11, limited historytoo little history: 8 past 12-month periods
All regimesbaseline+1.1%59%213+2.1%64%107+3.1%67%72+7.4%75%36+13.8%79%18

Figures in italics have limited history (10 to 14 past periods); a dash means too little history.

BRK-B's typical 3-month return moves 1.4 times as much as the S&P 500's from one regime to another (BRK-B +0.5% to +6.6%, S&P 500 +1.7% to +6.0%).

Today's reading: 24th percentile (0 most Risk-Off, 100 most Risk-On), as of Sep 25, 2026.

Unlike the market, BRK-B's weakest regime has been Risk-Off, not Mildly Off. BRK-B has not shared the market's bounce from Risk-Off: its typical return there sat below its typical return across all markets.

Peer group: Asset managers and alternatives. Typical return over the next 3 months, by market regime. Peer and sector figures as of September 25, 2026.
StockRisk-OnMildly OnNeutralToday Mildly OffRisk-Off
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway+6.6%+5.2%+2.7%+0.6%+0.5%, limited history
BLK BlackRock+7.2%+4.2%+4.4%+0.5%+11.7%, limited history
BX Blackstone+9.2%+4.7%+9.1%+1.1%+7.9%, limited history
KKR KKR+9.3%+8.7%+7.3%+2.6%+7.9%, limited history
Financials sector average 34 stocks+6.5%+5.0%+4.5%+0.9%+5.3%

Sector average: the mean of the Financials stocks with enough history in that regime (at least 3), refreshed after each close.

Base rates, not forecasts. These describe what BRK-B did after past days in each market regime. They are not forecasts: any single period can land far from the typical return, and a pattern from the last two decades may not hold in the years ahead.

The numbers. The typical return is the median: the middle outcome, with half of past periods better and half worse. The usual range holds 8 in 10 of them, from the 10th to the 90th percentile. Past periods are counted only when they do not overlap. Limited history means 10 to 14 such periods, shown in italics; too little history means fewer than 10, shown as a dash. BRK-B history from January 3, 2006, data through September 25, 2026.

About the same. The sentence under the title sets BRK-B's typical return in today's regime against its typical return across all markets; figures within half a point, or within a tenth of the larger one, count as about the same. Versus the market sets how far its typical return moves across regimes against the S&P 500's move, which says nothing about better or worse overall.

Single stocks. For one stock the regime is usually a small nudge, not the main driver; its own trend dominates. Use it as context, not a reason to act. Why the mild-stress Dead Zone has been the weakest place to be.