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Berkshire Hathaway WBAG:BRKB Stock Report

Last Price

€436.50

Market Cap

€939.0b

7D

-0.7%

1Y

33.0%

Updated

18 Dec, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

WBAG:BRKB Stock Report

Market Cap: €939.0b

BRKB Stock Overview

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. More details

BRKB fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation4/6
Future Growth1/6
Past Performance5/6
Financial Health6/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Berkshire Hathaway
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$436.50
52 Week HighUS$462.80
52 Week LowUS$317.00
Beta0.88
1 Month Change-2.20%
3 Month Change6.24%
1 Year Change33.00%
3 Year Change67.98%
5 Year Change113.81%
Change since IPO163.41%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

BRKBAT Diversified FinancialAT Market
7D-0.7%-0.8%-1.4%
1Y33.0%10.3%-1.6%

Return vs Industry: BRKB exceeded the Austrian Diversified Financial industry which returned 10.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: BRKB exceeded the Austrian Market which returned -1.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is BRKB's price volatile compared to industry and market?
BRKB volatility
BRKB Average Weekly Movement2.6%
Diversified Financial Industry Average Movement4.0%
Market Average Movement3.9%
10% most volatile stocks in AT Market6.3%
10% least volatile stocks in AT Market2.1%

Stable Share Price: BRKB has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Austrian market.

Volatility Over Time: BRKB's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
1998396,500Warren Buffettwww.berkshirehathaway.com

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Berkshire Hathaway's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
BRKB fundamental statistics
Market cap€939.00b
Earnings (TTM)€102.10b
Revenue (TTM)€353.36b

9.2x

P/E Ratio

2.7x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
BRKB income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$369.89b
Cost of RevenueUS$85.57b
Gross ProfitUS$136.85b
Other ExpensesUS$29.97b
EarningsUS$106.88b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)74.32k
Gross Margin37.00%
Net Profit Margin28.89%
Debt/Equity Ratio19.7%

How did BRKB perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 03:11
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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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