Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

NYSE:BRK.A Stock Report

Market Cap: US$968.6b

Berkshire Hathaway Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 5/6

Berkshire Hathaway has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 10.1%, while the Diversified Financial industry saw earnings growing at 11.1% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 9.6% per year. Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity is 17%, and it has net margins of 28.9%.

Key information

10.1%

Earnings growth rate

12.8%

EPS growth rate

Diversified Financial Industry Growth6.1%
Revenue growth rate9.6%
Return on equity17.0%
Net Margin28.9%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Berkshire Hathaway: P/B Ratio Still Matters

Dec 11

Berkshire Hathaway Should Be Broken Up

Dec 05

Berkshire Hathaway: Cash Hoard Likely To Be Underutilized For Longer

Nov 27

Here's Why Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) Has Caught The Eye Of Investors

Nov 26
Here's Why Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) Has Caught The Eye Of Investors

Buffett Keeps Raising Cash At Berkshire, But Does The Trump Win Change Anything?

Nov 18

Berkshire Hathaway: BNSF Keeps Generating Billions In Free Cash Flow

Nov 10

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) Low P/E No Reason For Excitement

Nov 05
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) Low P/E No Reason For Excitement

Berkshire Hathaway's Strategic Moves: Cashing Out As The Market Gets Expensive

Nov 03

Berkshire Hathaway: Why I'm Buying More Shares

Oct 17

Why Berkshire Hathaway Belongs In Your Dividend Portfolio Despite No Payout

Sep 27

Berkshire Hathaway: Ajit Jain Halved Position, Time To Reexamine Stock

Sep 20

Berkshire Hathaway: There May Be Something Big Going On Behind Buffett's Selling

Sep 04

Berkshire Hathaway: Recent Rebound Leaves Limited Upside (Rating Downgrade)

Aug 27

Berkshire Hathaway: Worth A Bullish Stance

Aug 21

Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q2 2024 Update

Aug 15

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions

Aug 07
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions

Berkshire Hathaway: What's Buffett Thinking Holding All That Cash

Aug 04

Berkshire's Future: Greg Abel's Impressive Track Record

Jul 21

Subdued Growth No Barrier To Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) Price

Jul 15
Subdued Growth No Barrier To Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) Price

Berkshire Hathaway Q2 2024 Book Value And Earnings Estimates; Relative Value Has Improved

Jul 11

2024 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: Summary Of The 37 Questions And Answers

Jun 27

Berkshire Hathaway: Pessimism Against Buffett Makes Little Sense (Upgrade)

Jun 17

Berkshire Hathaway: Nothing Lasts Forever

Jun 07

Berkshire's 15 Years Of Disappointing Acquisitions

May 14

Berkshire Hathaway 2024 Annual Meeting: Buffett And Abel Show Us The Future

May 05

Buffett's Bonanza? Berkshire's 2023 A Mixed Bag

Apr 08

Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) P/S Ratio

Apr 01
Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) P/S Ratio

Berkshire Hathaway: Never Bet Against Buffett

Mar 29

Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett Has Work With GEICO, BNSF, And Especially BHE

Mar 13

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2023 Shareholder Letter

Feb 25

Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q4 2023 Update

Feb 15

Berkshire After Buffett, What To Expect?

Jan 15

Berkshire Hathaway: Do As Buffett Says Not As He Does

Dec 31

Berkshire's Cash Cow: Year-End Check On BNSF

Dec 20

Berkshire Hathaway: How (Not) To Piggyback On Buffett's Stock Ideas

Nov 20

Berkshire Hathaway: Time To Be Greedy

Nov 12

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Billions Worth Of Stocks For 4th Consecutive Quarter

Nov 04

Berkshire Hathaway: The Soaring Value Of The Float

Oct 15

Berkshire Hathaway Q3 2023 Earnings And Book Value Estimates - Are We Approaching Fair Value?

Oct 02

Berkshire Hathaway: Time To Double Down

Sep 25

Berkshire Hathaway: Surged To A New High - Why I'm Not Buying More Now

Sep 15

Berkshire Hathaway: Cash Is King

Aug 14

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Tops One Trillion In Assets, With Cash Pile Near All-Time High

Aug 06

Berkshire Hathaway: Look At Consumers And Cash Flows

Jul 25

2023 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: Summary Of The 48 Questions And Answers

Jul 09

Berkshire Hathaway Suffers From A Rare Case Of Underperformance

Jul 02

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Remains Undervalued

Jun 20

Berkshire Hathaway: No Dividends, No Problem

Jun 14

Berkshire Hathaway: Do You See What Buffett Sees?

May 31

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Berkshire Hathaway makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:BRK.A Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 24369,893106,87500
30 Jun 24370,10867,85700
31 Mar 24368,95873,42100
31 Dec 23364,48296,22300
30 Sep 23349,17876,72900
30 Jun 23332,87286,69800
31 Mar 23316,5707,16500
31 Dec 22302,020-22,75900
30 Sep 22295,855-1,19300
30 Jun 22289,53411,94900
31 Mar 22282,44783,66400
31 Dec 21276,18589,93700
30 Sep 21268,67785,98400
30 Jun 21261,118105,77700
31 Mar 21248,844103,97800
31 Dec 20245,57942,52100
30 Sep 20246,49735,84500
30 Jun 20248,44522,23200
31 Mar 20255,20310,01000
31 Dec 19254,61681,41700
30 Sep 19252,35926,86600
30 Jun 19250,97428,88200
31 Mar 19249,94826,82000
31 Dec 18247,8374,02100
30 Sep 18243,24161,96400
30 Jun 18239,46947,49100
31 Mar 18234,08839,74200
31 Dec 17240,65144,94000
30 Sep 17238,27018,67500
30 Jun 17234,14821,80600
31 Mar 17230,56822,54500
31 Dec 16215,86524,07400
30 Sep 16210,91123,26600
30 Jun 16205,94125,49600
31 Mar 16203,33624,50800
31 Dec 15201,57024,08300
30 Sep 15198,08122,76000
30 Jun 15198,93317,94900
31 Mar 15195,32320,33100
31 Dec 14191,12419,87200
30 Sep 14188,98820,70700
30 Jun 14182,24021,14300
31 Mar 14179,04519,28900
31 Dec 13178,08519,47600

Quality Earnings: BRK.A has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: BRK.A's current net profit margins (28.9%) are higher than last year (22%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BRK.A's earnings have grown by 10.1% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BRK.A's earnings growth over the past year (39.3%) exceeds its 5-year average (10.1% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: BRK.A earnings growth over the past year (39.3%) exceeded the Diversified Financial industry 14.6%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: BRK.A's Return on Equity (17%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 04:34
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is covered by 15 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
Jay GelbBarclays
Michael HartnettBofA Global Research