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Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B BRK.B

Morningstar Rating
$408.41 +0.28 (0.07%)
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Price vs Fair Value

BRK.B is trading at a 2% premium.
Price
$408.41
Fair Value
$755.00
Uncertainty
Low
1-Star Price
$239.00
5-Star Price
$863.00
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Book value per share, which is a good proxy for measuring changes in Berkshire's intrinsic value, increased at an estimated 18.3% CAGR during 1965-2022, compared with a 9.9% annualized return for the S&P 500 TR Index.

Bears

Given its size, Berkshire's biggest long-term hurdle will be its ability to consistently find deals that not only add value but are large enough to be meaningful.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$408.13
Day Range
$406.00410.60
52-Week Range
$293.39430.00
Bid/Ask
$408.00 / $409.19
Market Cap
$882.46 Bil
Volume/Avg
1,483 / 3.5 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
23.79
Price/Sales
2.03
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
Dividend Yield (Forward)
Total Yield
1.04%

Company Profile

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the firms that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Insurance - Diversified
Stock Style Box
Large Growth
Total Number of Employees
396,500

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
BRK.B
MKL
ALL
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
23.7924.08179.13
Price/Book Value
1.571.382.71
Price/Sales
2.031.290.75
Price/Cash Flow
31.0317.1253.49
Price/Earnings
BRK.B
MKL
ALL

Financial Strength

Metric
BRK.B
MKL
ALL
Quick Ratio
Current Ratio
Interest Coverage
25.0215.340.08
Quick Ratio
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Profitability

Metric
BRK.B
MKL
ALL
Return on Assets (Normalized)
9.57%4.00%0.25%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
18.65%15.54%1.72%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
15.43%12.11%1.90%
Return on Assets
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