Most Expensive Stocks in the World (2026)

The most expensive stock in the world is Berkshire Hathaway Class A (NYSE: BRK.A), trading at roughly $736,000 per share as of mid-July 2026. That means one single share costs more than the median American home. The reason is simple: Warren Buffett has never split the stock in six decades. After Berkshire, the priciest shares on Earth include Switzerland's Lindt & Sprüngli, homebuilder NVR, AutoZone, and Seaboard — a mix of companies that share one habit, keeping their share count low.

Updated July 2026. Prices are approximate and move every trading day; figures below are dated to mid-July 2026.

The most expensive stocks in the world (2026)

Ranked by price of a single share. Note that a "share price" is just a per-slice sticker — it says nothing about how big or valuable the company actually is (more on that below).

#	Company	Ticker	Approx. price / share	Why it is so high
1	Berkshire Hathaway (Class A)	BRK.A	~$736,000	Never split since 1965
2	Lindt & Sprüngli (registered)	LISN (SIX)	~CHF 98,600 (≈ $123,000)	Swiss chocolate maker; tiny share float
3	NVR, Inc.	NVR	~$6,700	Homebuilder; aggressive buybacks, no split
4	AutoZone	AZO	~$3,010	Decades of share buybacks shrink the count
5	Seaboard Corporation	SEB	~$2,590	Family-controlled agribusiness conglomerate
6	White Mountains Insurance	WTM	~$2,190	Insurance holding company; low float
7	Mettler-Toledo	MTD	~$1,310	Lab-instruments maker; buyback-heavy
8	Fair Isaac (FICO)	FICO	~$1,230	Credit-score company; steady buybacks
—	Berkshire Hathaway (Class B) — for contrast	BRK.B	~$490	Created in 1996 so smaller investors could buy in

Sources: company/exchange data via Investing.com, Morningstar, Yahoo Finance and Google Finance, retrieved mid-July 2026. CHF-to-USD conversion approximate. Prices change daily.

Why is Berkshire Hathaway so expensive?

Berkshire Hathaway's Class A share is expensive for one deliberate reason: Warren Buffett has refused to split it. A stock split multiplies the number of shares and divides the price — a $1,000 share that splits two-for-one becomes two $500 shares. It changes nothing about the company's value; it just relabels the slices.

Most companies split their stock to keep the sticker price low and "accessible." Buffett has argued the opposite: a high, unsplit price attracts long-term owners rather than short-term traders. So Berkshire's price has been left to compound. It traded near $300 in 1980, about $7,000 in 1990, more than $50,000 by 2000, and now sits around $736,000 — the highest nominal share price in stock-market history. Berkshire did eventually create a cheaper Class B share in 1996 (now around $490), so ordinary investors can still buy a piece.

A high share price is not the same as a valuable company

This is the single most misunderstood point about "expensive" stocks. Share price alone tells you almost nothing about a company's size. What matters is market capitalization — the share price multiplied by the total number of shares outstanding:

Market cap = share price × shares outstanding.

Berkshire's ~$736,000 share price comes from having very few shares. By contrast, the world's most valuable companies — the multi-trillion-dollar giants like Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia — trade for a few hundred dollars a share because they have billions of shares outstanding. A $200 stock can be worth ten times more, as a company, than a $2,000 stock. When you see a per-share price, always ask how many shares exist before drawing any conclusion.

How stock splits reshape this list

The "most expensive stocks" list changes not only when prices move, but when companies split their shares and drop off it entirely. Two well-known recent examples:

Nvidia carried out a 10-for-1 split in June 2024, turning a stock that had climbed past $1,000 into one near $120. Apple has split five times since going public, including a 7-for-1 split in 2014 and a 4-for-1 in 2020 — without those, Apple would trade in the thousands per share today. Both remain among the largest companies on Earth by market cap, but neither appears on any "highest share price" ranking, precisely because they chose to split.

That is the quiet story behind this list: it is less a ranking of the best companies and more a ranking of the companies that refuse to split their stock.

Can you buy a fraction of an expensive stock?

Yes. You do not need $736,000 to own Berkshire. Most major brokerages now offer fractional shares, letting you buy a slice of a high-priced stock for as little as a few dollars. You can also buy the cheaper share class where one exists — Berkshire's Class B (BRK.B) at around $490 is the obvious route into the same company. Fractional investing means a four-figure or six-figure sticker price is no longer a barrier to owning even the most expensive stock in the world.

What is the most expensive stock ever?

Berkshire Hathaway Class A also holds the record for the highest price ever reached: it set an all-time closing high of roughly $809,000 per share in 2025. No other listed share in history has traded near that level. Because Berkshire is unlikely ever to split, its Class A stock will probably keep setting the all-time nominal-price record for years to come.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most expensive stock in the world right now?

Berkshire Hathaway Class A (BRK.A), at roughly $736,000 per share as of mid-July 2026. It has held the title for years because Warren Buffett has never split it.

Why is one Berkshire share so expensive?

Because it has never been split. A split would multiply the share count and cut the price, but leave the company's value unchanged. Berkshire simply lets its price compound instead.

Is a high share price a sign of a good investment?

No. Share price on its own is meaningless without the share count. A company's real size is its market cap (price × shares). Expensive-looking stocks are not automatically better or worse buys than cheap-looking ones.

What is the most expensive non-US stock?

Switzerland's Lindt & Sprüngli, whose registered share trades around CHF 98,600 (roughly $123,000). The company also has a lower-priced "participation certificate" for smaller investors.

Can I buy expensive stocks with a small amount of money?

Yes — through fractional shares offered by most brokers, or by buying a cheaper share class such as Berkshire's Class B (around $490).

Methodology & sources

Share prices are approximate and were retrieved in mid-July 2026 from public market data (Investing.com, Morningstar, Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, SIX Swiss Exchange). Prices change every trading day; the exact ordering below the top spot can shift week to week. The Swiss-franc price for Lindt & Sprüngli was converted to US dollars at an approximate mid-July 2026 rate. This article is for education and information only and is not investment advice; always verify a live quote before making any decision.

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