Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $29.51 short of its 52-week high ($484.82), which the company reached on September 4th.

We recently compiled a list of the 10 Best Fortune 500 Stocks To Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) stands against the other Fortune 500 stocks.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) is one of the greatest investments of all time. If you had put $1,000 into the company nearly 60 years ago when Warren Buffett took over the company and kept it there, you would have more than $44 million today. Not many stocks can beat that record.

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B BRK.B inched 0.04% higher to $459.61 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.

Berkshire isn't the company it once was. But that doesn't mean new investors can't profit. But investing acumen isn't the only advantage that Berkshire enjoys. The holding company also has a structural capital advantage that allows it to deploy capital even when markets turn sour,