Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

NYSE:BRK.A Stock Report

Market Cap: US$968.6b

Berkshire Hathaway Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Berkshire Hathaway's CEO is Warren Buffett, appointed in Jan 1970, has a tenure of 54.92 years. total yearly compensation is $413.60K, comprised of 24.2% salary and 75.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 14.35% of the company’s shares, worth $138.99B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7.8 years and 16.3 years respectively.

Key information

Warren Buffett

Chief executive officer

US$413.6k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage24.2%
CEO tenure54.9yrs
CEO ownership14.3%
Management average tenure7.8yrs
Board average tenure16.3yrs

Recent management 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

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Warren Buffett's remuneration changed compared to Berkshire Hathaway's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$107b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$68b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$73b

Dec 31 2023US$414kUS$100k

US$96b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$77b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$87b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$7b

Dec 31 2022US$402kUS$100k

-US$23b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$1b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$12b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$84b

Dec 31 2021US$373kUS$100k

US$90b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$86b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$106b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$104b

Dec 31 2020US$380kUS$100k

US$43b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$36b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$22b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$10b

Dec 31 2019US$375kUS$100k

US$81b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$27b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$29b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$27b

Dec 31 2018US$389kUS$100k

US$4b

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$62b

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$47b

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$40b

Dec 31 2017US$476kUS$100k

US$45b

Compensation vs Market: Warren's total compensation ($USD413.60K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.88M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Warren's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Warren Buffett (94 yo)

54.9yrs

Tenure

US$413,595

Compensation

Mr. Warren E. Buffett has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1970 , President of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. since 2013 and has been its Director since 1965. Mr. Buffett joined Berkshire Hatha...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Warren Buffett
Chairman54.9yrsUS$413.60k14.35%
$ 139.0b
Marc Hamburg
Senior VPno dataUS$3.85mno data
Ajit Jain
Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director6.9yrsUS$20.02m0.0081%
$ 78.2m
Gregory Abel
Vice Chairman of Non Insurance Operations & Director6.9yrsUS$20.02m0.016%
$ 154.2m
Daniel Jaksich
VP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officerno datano datano data
Kerby Ham
Treasurerno datano datano data
Peter Eastwood
CEO & President of Specialty Insuranceno datano datano data
Kara Raiguel
CEO & President of General Re Unit8.6yrsno datano data

7.8yrs

Average Tenure

73yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BRK.A's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Warren Buffett
Chairman59.9yrsUS$413.60k14.35%
$ 139.0b
Ajit Jain
Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director6.9yrsUS$20.02m0.0081%
$ 78.2m
Gregory Abel
Vice Chairman of Non Insurance Operations & Director6.9yrsUS$20.02m0.016%
$ 154.2m
Kenneth Chenault
Independent Director4.6yrsUS$2.70k0.00028%
$ 2.7m
Susan Decker
Lead Independent Director17.6yrsUS$6.70k0.00014%
$ 1.4m
Matthew Rose
Executive Chairman of Burlington Northern Santa Feno datano datano data
Howard Buffett
Director31.9yrsUS$2.70k0.046%
$ 445.1m
Ronald Olson
Director27.9yrsUS$2.70k0.0095%
$ 92.3m
Stephen Burke
Independent Director15yrsUS$2.70k0.0019%
$ 18.9m
Charlotte Guyman
Independent Director21.9yrsUS$2.70k0.0040%
$ 39.0m
Olza Nicely
Chairman of GEICOno datano datano data
Meryl Witmer
Independent Director11.6yrsUS$6.70k0.00083%
$ 8.0m

16.3yrs

Average Tenure

68yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BRK.A's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 16.3 years average tenure).

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

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

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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