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Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class A BRK.A

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$608,794.99 +5,794.99 (0.96%)
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Berkshire Hathaway: Our Five Main Takeaways From the 2024 Annual Meeting

While wide-moat Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting has always been entertaining, it generally has not been a huge source of insight into the firm's operations. While this year's event had the feel of past meetings—the setting was the same, the throngs of shareholders were present, and the company's top managers were onstage taking questions from CNBC's Becky Quick and shareholders during the live event in Omaha—the absence of Charlie Munger (who passed away in November 2023) hung over the meeting, with his quick wit and biting comments sorely missed by all in attendance.

Price vs Fair Value

BRK.A is trading at a 6% discount.
Price
$603,000.32
Fair Value
$587,269.00
Uncertainty
Low
1-Star Price
$937,966.00
5-Star Price
$787,571.00
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 1965-2023, compared with a 10.2% 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
$603,000.00
Day Range
$601,500.00612,000.00
52-Week Range
$482,500.00647,039.00
Bid/Ask
$608,300.01 / $609,555.00
Market Cap
$875.25 Bil
Volume/Avg
17,969 / 13,706

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
23.41
Price/Sales
2.00
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
Dividend Yield (Forward)
Total Yield
1.06%

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 companies 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.A
ALL
PGR
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
23.4122.9122.73
Price/Book Value
1.552.675.73
Price/Sales
2.000.761.89
Price/Cash Flow
30.5417.6930.29
Price/Earnings
BRK.A
ALL
PGR

Financial Strength

Metric
BRK.A
ALL
PGR
Quick Ratio
Current Ratio
Interest Coverage
18.864.9027.54
Quick Ratio
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Profitability

Metric
BRK.A
ALL
PGR
Return on Assets (Normalized)
7.14%1.41%6.83%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
13.73%9.70%32.37%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
11.61%6.92%24.07%
Return on Assets
BRK.A
ALL
PGR
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Insurance - Diversified Industry Comparables

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Name
Morningstar Rating for Stocks
Capital Allocation
Economic Moat
Market Cap
BRK.B
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SLF
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AVVIY
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AGESY
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