Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A)

US — Financial Services Sector
Peers: AIG  ACGL  SLF  HIG  AEG  BRK-B  EQH  ORI  GSHD 

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol BRK-A
  • Rev/Share 26.1359
  • Book/Share 46.6045
  • PB 15086.8622
  • Debt/Equity 0.0
  • CurrentRatio 0.0
  • ROIC -6.4675

 

  • MktCap 1012626926115.0
  • FreeCF/Share 0.5719
  • PFCF 123.1157
  • PE 160722.8718
  • Debt/Assets 0.0
  • DivYield 0
  • ROE 0.0967

 

  • Rating B-
  • Score 2
  • Recommendation Sell
  • P/E Score 1
  • DCF Score 3
  • P/B Score 1
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

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News

Is Berkshire Hathaway (Class B) Stock a Buy Now?
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: April 03, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Warren Buffett might be the most famous and accomplished long-term investor Wall Street has ever seen. Professional and individual investors have had the opportunity to invest alongside Buffett via his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.

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Berkshire Hathaway: An Undervalued Capital Allocation Powerhouse
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: April 02, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Berkshire Hathaway's strong foresight in capital allocation and massive $334.2 billion cash pile position it well for market opportunities amid 2025's market turmoil. The company's diversified and profitable businesses, particularly insurance and rail transportation, underscore stability and resilience, far outperforming the S&P 500 Index year-to-date. Valuation analysis reveals Berkshire's forward P/E ratio is lower than the S&P 500, with a fair share price estimate of $631, indicating nearly 19% upside potential.

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Berkshire Hathaway Gains Defy Stock Market Slump
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: April 01, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Negative

While the broader equity market has had a challenging start to 2025, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. NYSE: BRK.B shares have charted a notably different course. With most indices facing headwinds and volatility, the Omaha-based conglomerate's stock has registered healthy gains.

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Which Stocks Is Warren Buffett Buying During the Market Pullback?
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 27, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

Warren Buffett hasn't bought many stocks over the last two years, almost certainly because of high valuations. However, the stock market pullback has caused the share prices of several stocks the legendary investor might like to fall significantly.

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Warren Buffett Has Spent $77.8 Billion Buying This Trillion-Dollar Stock Since 2018, and It's Crushing the S&P 500 in 2025
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 27, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

The United States is home to seven companies worth $1 trillion or more, and all of them are synonymous with cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence except one: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.95%) (BRK.B 0.72%). It was a troubled manufacturer of textile products before it was scooped up by Warren Buffett in 1965, who has transformed it into one of the most formidable conglomerates in the world.

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Wall Street's High Rollers: Berkshire Hathaway, RTX, Kinross Gold Hit 52-Week Peaks
BRK-A, BRK-B, KGC, RTX
Published: March 26, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

The bulls are charging, and these three stocks — Berkshire Hathaway Inc (Class B) BRK, RTX Corporation RTX, and Kinross Gold Corporation KGC — are riding high, each notching fresh 52-week highs.

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The Smartest Trillion-Dollar Stock to Buy With $1,000 and Hold Forever
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 26, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Few companies have achieved a market cap of $1 trillion. All those who have are leaders in their respective industries and generally produce market-beating returns.

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3 Reasons to Buy Berkshire Hathaway Stock Like There's No Tomorrow
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 26, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B 0.54%) (BRK.A 0.49%) has been a fantastic investment over the years . The investment holding company has generated a 13.7% annualized return over the past decade.

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Warren Buffett Has Added to 6 of His 8 Forever Holdings Over the Last 6 Weeks
AXP, BRK-A, BRK-B, KO, OXY
Published: March 25, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

When it comes to billionaire money managers, Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A 0.90%) (BRK.B 0.84%) Warren Buffett is in a class of his own. Since taking over as Berkshire's CEO six decades ago, he's overseen a jaw-dropping aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) of better than 6,321,000%, as of the closing bell on March 21.

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3 Evergreen Financial Stocks to Buy With $3,000 and Hold Forever
AXP, BRK-A, BRK-B, SOFI
Published: March 25, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Three-thousand dollars might not seem like enough cash to get started in the stock market, since many of the top stocks cost hundreds or thousands of dollars per share. But with commission-free platforms and fractional trades, it's never been easier for retail investors to build up a diversified portfolio of evergreen stocks with a modest investment.

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Warren Buffett Has 47% of Berkshire Hathaway's $283 Billion Stock Portfolio Invested in Just 3 Truly Wonderful Companies
AAPL, AXP, BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 25, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Warren Buffett would probably say Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A 0.90%) (BRK.B 0.84%) portfolio is highly diversified. It currently owns 44 different publicly traded stocks.

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5 Warren Buffett Stocks Hit All-Time Highs Over the Past Month While the Market Fell. Here's the Best of the Bunch.
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 25, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

Most investors probably haven't enjoyed the last few weeks as major stock indexes plunged. But Warren Buffett wasn't one of them.

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Market Sell-Off: Can Buying These 3 "Safe" Stocks Today Set You Up for Life?
AVGO, BRK-A, BRK-B, LLY
Published: March 24, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

The U.S. equity market has had a solid run in the past two years, buoyed by a steadily improving macroeconomic environment and strong uptake of artificial intelligence technologies. The benchmark S&P 500 index climbed almost 53% in the past two years.

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Trump Slump: 3 Defensive Stocks To Buy Now
AAPL, BRK-A, BRK-B, WMT
Published: March 20, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

The recent stock market correction driven by Trump tariff threats (call it the Trump slump, if you will) has caused some of the more cautious investors out there to rotate into more defensive names and assets.

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Warren Buffett Just Increased Berkshire Hathaway's Investment in These 5 Stocks He Plans to Hold Forever
BRK-A, BRK-B, MARUY, MSBHF
Published: March 20, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Warren Buffett is often quoted as saying his favorite holding period is "forever." But there are only a handful of companies in Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A 0.62%) (BRK.B 0.41%) equity portfolio that he truly plans to hold indefinitely.

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Warren Buffett Sold 2 S&P 500 Index Funds Mere Months Before the Correction, but He Doesn't Have a Crystal Ball
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 20, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

Had you invested $1,000 in the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.62%) (BRK.B 0.41%) holding company when Warren Buffett took the helm as CEO in 1965, you would have been sitting on a whopping $44.7 million at the end of 2024. The same investment in the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.08%) index would have grown to just $342,906 over the same period.

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This Is The Ultimate Warren Buffett Stock: Is It A Buy As It Clears New Entry?
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 19, 2025 by: Investors Business Daily
Sentiment: Positive

Berkshire Hathaway is the ultimate Warren Buffett stock — but is it a good buy as its cash pile builds and it clears a fresh entry? The post This Is The Ultimate Warren Buffett Stock: Is It A Buy As It Clears New Entry?

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Calls of the Day: Berkshire Hathaway, Block and Uber
BRK-A, BRK-B, UBER
Published: March 18, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee discuss the latest Calls of the Day.

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Warren Buffett is crushing the S&P 500 in 2025
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 18, 2025 by: Finbold
Sentiment: Neutral

The U.S. stock market hasn't been doing too well in 2025 as the benchmark S&P 500 index retraced 4.44% to 5,608 points – levels last seen in September 2024.

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Why is Buffett Dumping $140b in Stocks When Inflation Could Crush Cash?
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 18, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Negative

In 2024, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) investment holding company sold $143 billion worth of the stocks it owned, made only $9.3 billion in stock purchases, and halted repurchases of Berkshire Hathaway common stock.

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Why Buffett And Berkshire Hathaway Are Buying More Mitsui & Co.
BRK-A, BRK-B, MITSY
Published: March 18, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Berkshire Hathaway recently increased its stake in Mitsui & Co. as shares traded down to where they were during the August 2024 flash crash. Despite commodity price challenges, Mitsui's investments in iron ore and LNG, along with modest earnings growth, make it an attractive long-term investment. My forecast for Mitsui's FY 2026 profit shows 5.1% growth, driven by higher volumes in iron ore and LNG, higher LNG prices, and reduced pension plan costs.

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Warren Buffett Raises Stakes in 5 Japanese Trading Houses
BRK-A, BRK-B, ITOCY, MARUY, MITSY, MSBHF, MSBHY, MTSUY, SSUMF, SSUMY
Published: March 17, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Positive

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B) has reportedly raised its stakes in five of Japan's largest trading houses.

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ChatGPT picks 3 safe haven stocks to buy for 2025
BRK-A, BRK-B, JNJ, XLP
Published: March 12, 2025 by: Finbold
Sentiment: Positive

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has, in many ways, revolutionized the financial markets.

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Warren Buffett Just Issued a Stark Warning to President Trump About the Impact of Tariffs. It Couldn't Be Any Clearer.
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 10, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

It's not too often that 94-year-old Warren Buffett comments on political matters. After all, doing so is unlikely to create shareholder value for Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.54%) (BRK.B -0.61%).

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Berkshire Hathaway: I Hope They Never Pay A Dividend
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 06, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a tax efficient investment, ideal for taxable accounts with its lack of dividend payments. Berkshire is defensive in bearish environments, even eking out a positive gain in the 2022 tech bear market. Berkshire may be able to exceed 10% ownership of the 5 Japanese trading houses, this could make 100% of their foreign dividends of those companies tax-deductible regarding DRD regulations.

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Berkshire Hathaway Has Made Crucial Progress in This Key Business. Here's What Investors Need to Know.
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: March 04, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

For decades, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.81%) (BRK.B -0.78%) has captured the attention of investors with its ability to deliver crushing market returns. Under the leadership of CEO Warren Buffett, the company has achieved average annual returns of nearly 20% over the past six decades.

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Warren Buffett's Actions (or Lack Thereof) With His Favorite Stock Speak Volumes -- but Are Investors Paying Attention?
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: February 28, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

In case you missed it, one of the most important data releases of the entire quarter occurred two weeks ago. Amid a flurry of earnings reports, Feb. 14 marked the deadline for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Occidental Petroleum, Constellation Brands, and 3 Other Warren Buffett Dividend-Paying Value Stocks to Buy Now for Passive Income
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: February 28, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Investors gravitate toward Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) for investment ideas and views on the stock market. Berkshire has been in the spotlight in recent weeks because it's outperforming many megacap growth stocks year to date, even as the company's cash position swelled to a record $325 billion.

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Final Trades: Berkshire Hathaway, Amgen, Prologis and 3M
AMGN, BRK-A, BRK-B, PLD
Published: February 27, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

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BRK.B Stock Expensive: Should You Buy It Post Solid Q4 Show?
BRK-A, BRK-B
Published: February 27, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors who already own Berkshire shares should hold it, while others can wait for some more time before investing.

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About Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A)

  • IPO Date 1980-03-17
  • Website https://www.berkshirehathaway.com
  • Industry Insurance - Diversified
  • CEO Warren E. Buffett
  • Employees 392400

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. It provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. The company 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. In addition, the company manufactures boxed chocolates and other confectionery products; specialty chemicals, metal cutting tools, and components for aerospace and power generation applications; flooring products; insulation, roofing, and engineered products; building and engineered components; paints and coatings; and bricks and masonry products, as well as offers manufactured and site-built home construction, and related lending and financial services. Further, it provides recreational vehicles, apparel products, jewelry, and custom picture framing products, as well as alkaline batteries; castings, forgings, fasteners/fastener systems, and aerostructures; and seamless pipes, fittings, downhole casing and tubing, and mill forms. Additionally, the company distributes televisions and information; franchises and services quick service restaurants; distributes electronic components; and offers logistics services, grocery and foodservice distribution services, and professional aviation training and shared aircraft ownership programs. It also retails automobiles; furniture, bedding, and accessories; household appliances, electronics, and computers; jewelry, watches, crystal, china, stemware, flatware, gifts, and collectibles; kitchenware; and motorcycle apparel and equipment. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.