Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

NYSE:BRK.A Stock Report

Market Cap: US$968.6b

Berkshire Hathaway Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Berkshire Hathaway does not have a record of paying a dividend.

Key information

n/a

Dividend yield

0.5%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield0.5%
Future Dividend Yield0%
Dividend Growthn/a
Next dividend pay daten/a
Ex dividend daten/a
Dividend per sharen/a
Payout ration/a

Recent dividend and buyback updates

No 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

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if BRK.A's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if BRK.A's dividend payments have been increasing.

Dividend Yield vs Market

Berkshire Hathaway Dividend Yield vs Market
How does BRK.A dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (BRK.A)n/a
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)4.5%
Industry Average (Diversified Financial)0.9%
Analyst forecast (BRK.A) (up to 3 years)0%

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate BRK.A's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate BRK.A's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate BRK.A's payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as BRK.A has not reported any payouts.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 11:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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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