Berkshire Hathaway Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 6/6
Berkshire Hathaway has a total shareholder equity of $631.8B and total debt of $124.5B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 19.7%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $1,147.3B and $515.4B respectively. Berkshire Hathaway's EBIT is $136.8B making its interest coverage ratio 27.2. It has cash and short-term investments of $325.2B.
Key information
19.7%
Debt to equity ratio
US$124.51b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 27.2x |
| Cash | US$325.21b |
| Equity | US$631.81b |
| Total liabilities | US$515.45b |
| Total assets | US$1.15t |
Recent financial health updates
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Recent updates
Berkshire Hathaway: Cash Hoard Likely To Be Underutilized For Longer
Nov 27Here's Why Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) Has Caught The Eye Of Investors
Nov 26
Buffett Keeps Raising Cash At Berkshire, But Does The Trump Win Change Anything?
Nov 18Berkshire Hathaway: BNSF Keeps Generating Billions In Free Cash Flow
Nov 10Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) Low P/E No Reason For Excitement
Nov 05Berkshire Hathaway's Strategic Moves: Cashing Out As The Market Gets Expensive
Nov 03Berkshire Hathaway: Why I'm Buying More Shares
Oct 17Why Berkshire Hathaway Belongs In Your Dividend Portfolio Despite No Payout
Sep 27Berkshire Hathaway: Ajit Jain Halved Position, Time To Reexamine Stock
Sep 20Berkshire Hathaway: There May Be Something Big Going On Behind Buffett's Selling
Sep 04Berkshire Hathaway: Recent Rebound Leaves Limited Upside (Rating Downgrade)
Aug 27Berkshire Hathaway: Worth A Bullish Stance
Aug 21Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q2 2024 Update
Aug 15Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions
Aug 07Berkshire Hathaway: What's Buffett Thinking Holding All That Cash
Aug 04Berkshire's Future: Greg Abel's Impressive Track Record
Jul 21Subdued Growth No Barrier To Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) Price
Jul 15Berkshire Hathaway Q2 2024 Book Value And Earnings Estimates; Relative Value Has Improved
Jul 112024 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: Summary Of The 37 Questions And Answers
Jun 27Berkshire Hathaway: Pessimism Against Buffett Makes Little Sense (Upgrade)
Jun 17Berkshire Hathaway: Nothing Lasts Forever
Jun 07Berkshire's 15 Years Of Disappointing Acquisitions
May 14Berkshire Hathaway 2024 Annual Meeting: Buffett And Abel Show Us The Future
May 05Buffett's Bonanza? Berkshire's 2023 A Mixed Bag
Apr 08Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) P/S Ratio
Apr 01Berkshire Hathaway: Never Bet Against Buffett
Mar 29Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett Has Work With GEICO, BNSF, And Especially BHE
Mar 13Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2023 Shareholder Letter
Feb 25Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q4 2023 Update
Feb 15Berkshire After Buffett, What To Expect?
Jan 15Berkshire Hathaway: Do As Buffett Says Not As He Does
Dec 31Berkshire's Cash Cow: Year-End Check On BNSF
Dec 20Berkshire Hathaway: How (Not) To Piggyback On Buffett's Stock Ideas
Nov 20Berkshire Hathaway: Time To Be Greedy
Nov 12Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Billions Worth Of Stocks For 4th Consecutive Quarter
Nov 04Berkshire Hathaway: The Soaring Value Of The Float
Oct 15Berkshire Hathaway Q3 2023 Earnings And Book Value Estimates - Are We Approaching Fair Value?
Oct 02Berkshire Hathaway: Time To Double Down
Sep 25Berkshire Hathaway: Surged To A New High - Why I'm Not Buying More Now
Sep 15Berkshire Hathaway: Cash Is King
Aug 14Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Tops One Trillion In Assets, With Cash Pile Near All-Time High
Aug 06Berkshire Hathaway: Look At Consumers And Cash Flows
Jul 252023 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: Summary Of The 48 Questions And Answers
Jul 09Berkshire Hathaway Suffers From A Rare Case Of Underperformance
Jul 02Berkshire Hathaway Energy Remains Undervalued
Jun 20Berkshire Hathaway: No Dividends, No Problem
Jun 14Berkshire Hathaway: Do You See What Buffett Sees?
May 31Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: BRK.A's short term assets ($406.0B) exceed its short term liabilities ($165.5B).
Long Term Liabilities: BRK.A's short term assets ($406.0B) exceed its long term liabilities ($350.0B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: BRK.A has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: BRK.A's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 25.4% to 19.7% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: BRK.A's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (32.4%).
Interest Coverage: BRK.A's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (27.2x coverage).