Why Doesn't Berkshire Hathaway Pay a Dividend?

If you're looking for dividend income from the stock, though, I have some bad news for you: Berkshire Hathaway doesn't pay a dividend. Generally speaking, companies tend to start paying regular dividends to shareholders when they have more cash than they can put to productive use. In Berkshire's case, the company is a cash-generating machine, and its cash hoard recently hit $325 billion.