BRK.A Stock Overview
Through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. More details
Snowflake Score | |
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Valuation | 5/6 |
Future Growth | 0/6 |
Past Performance | 5/6 |
Financial Health | 6/6 |
Dividends | 0/6 |
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Price History & Performance
Historical stock prices | |
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Current Share Price | US$682,500.00 |
52 Week High | US$741,971.39 |
52 Week Low | US$539,496.01 |
Beta | 0.88 |
1 Month Change | -2.96% |
3 Month Change | -0.44% |
1 Year Change | 25.78% |
3 Year Change | 53.49% |
5 Year Change | 101.37% |
Change since IPO | 39,350.87% |
Recent News & Updates
Berkshire Hathaway: P/B Ratio Still Matters
Dec 11Berkshire Hathaway Should Be Broken Up
Dec 05Berkshire 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 26Buffett Keeps Raising Cash At Berkshire, But Does The Trump Win Change Anything?
Nov 18Recent updates
Berkshire Hathaway: P/B Ratio Still Matters
Dec 11Berkshire Hathaway Should Be Broken Up
Dec 05Berkshire 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 26Buffett 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 31Shareholder Returns
BRK.A | US Diversified Financial | US Market | |
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7D | -0.5% | -0.6% | -2.4% |
1Y | 25.8% | 25.5% | 23.3% |
Return vs Industry: BRK.A matched the US Diversified Financial industry which returned 25.5% over the past year.
Return vs Market: BRK.A exceeded the US Market which returned 23.3% over the past year.
Price Volatility
BRK.A volatility | |
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BRK.A Average Weekly Movement | 2.4% |
Diversified Financial Industry Average Movement | 5.0% |
Market Average Movement | 6.3% |
10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.8% |
10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.1% |
Stable Share Price: BRK.A has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: BRK.A's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
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1998 | 396,500 | Warren Buffett | www.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
BRK.A fundamental statistics | |
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Market cap | US$968.56b |
Earnings (TTM) | US$106.88b |
Revenue (TTM) | US$369.89b |
9.2x
P/E Ratio2.7x
P/S RatioIs BRK.A overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
BRK.A income statement (TTM) | |
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Revenue | US$369.89b |
Cost of Revenue | US$85.57b |
Gross Profit | US$136.85b |
Other Expenses | US$29.97b |
Earnings | US$106.88b |
Last Reported Earnings
Sep 30, 2024
Next Earnings Date
n/a
Earnings per share (EPS) | 74.32k |
Gross Margin | 37.00% |
Net Profit Margin | 28.89% |
Debt/Equity Ratio | 19.7% |
How did BRK.A perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2024/12/20 22:30 |
End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/20 00:00 |
Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
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.
Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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Company Financials | 10 years |
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Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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Market Prices | 30 years |
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Ownership | 10 years |
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Management | 10 years |
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Key Developments | 10 years |
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* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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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.
Analyst | Institution |
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Stephen Biggar | Argus Research Company |
Jay Gelb | Barclays |
Michael Hartnett | BofA Global Research |