NYSE · BRK-A
Financial Services · Insurance - Diversified
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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.
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2020 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| May 5, 2020 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| May 4, 2020 | UBS | Buy | — |
| Apr 24, 2020 | UBS | Buy | — |
| Apr 1, 2020 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
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fool.com · Dec 11, 2025
In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro explain the series of major executive changes at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A +1.06%) (BRK.B +1.10%), including key investor and GEICO CEO Todd Combs heading to JPMorgan Chase (JPM +2.34%) for a newly created role.
fool.com · Dec 11, 2025
Apple and Bank of America remain 21.4% and 9.6% of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, respectively. Berkshire purchased Alphabet shares for the first time in the third quarter.
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Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares trade at $756,376, reflecting the company's status as the highest-priced stock on major U.S. exchanges. Per SID market data, the conglomerate commands a market capitalization of approximately $1.069 trillion, firmly placing it among the most valuable publicly traded companies globally. The stock exhibits a beta of 0.703, indicating significantly lower volatility relative to the broader market, consistent with the diversified nature of Berkshire's insurance, railroad, energy, and manufacturing operations. Average daily trading volume stands at just 388 shares according to Massive/Polygon data, a function of the exceptionally high per-share price that limits retail participation. This low volume figure contrasts sharply with the more liquid Class B shares. The sub-1.0 beta underscores Berkshire's historical role as a defensive holding during periods of market turbulence, attracting long-term capital allocators seeking downside protection.
Berkshire Hathaway trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.86, per SID market data, positioning it at a modest discount to the broader S&P 500 average. The company's price-to-book ratio stands at 1.53 according to SEC filings, a metric closely watched by investors given Warren Buffett's historical use of book value as a repurchase threshold. The PEG ratio of 2.20 suggests the stock is priced at a premium relative to its earnings growth trajectory, reflecting the conglomerate's mature business profile across insurance, utilities, and industrials. Notably, Berkshire pays no dividend, consistent with its long-standing capital allocation philosophy of retaining earnings for reinvestment and share repurchases. Within the Financial Services sector, the valuation reflects a balanced premium for Berkshire's diversified earnings streams, substantial cash reserves, and long track record of compounding shareholder value through disciplined acquisitions and operational management.
Berkshire Hathaway registers a composite smart money score of 46 out of 100, signaling a neutral institutional positioning according to SID market data. The breakdown reveals balanced but unexceptional readings across all four tracked categories. Insider activity scores 12.5 out of 25, reflecting limited but not unusual transaction patterns per SEC Form 4 filings; given the concentrated ownership structure under Warren Buffett, insider trading activity has historically been minimal. Institutional ownership scores 13.0 out of 25, suggesting steady but not aggressively expanding positions among 13F filers. The dark pool activity score of 8.5 out of 25 is the weakest component, potentially attributable to the stock's extremely low average daily volume of 388 shares, which constrains off-exchange block trading. Congressional trading activity scores 12 out of 25, indicating moderate legislative interest. Overall, the neutral signal suggests no strong directional conviction among sophisticated market participants at current price levels.
Berkshire Hathaway has demonstrated mixed but broadly positive earnings execution across recent quarters. Per company earnings reports, the most recent quarter ending September 2025 delivered earnings of $9,376.15 per Class A share, exceeding analyst estimates of $8,945.84 by $430.31, representing a 4.8% upside surprise. The December 2024 quarter was the standout, with actual earnings of $10,102.07 per share surpassing the consensus estimate of $7,074.28 by $3,027.79, a 42.8% beat driven largely by investment gains. However, the March 2025 quarter saw a miss, with actual earnings of $6,703.41 falling short of the $7,430.29 estimate by $726.87. The June 2025 quarter showed a narrow beat of $14.76 above expectations. Across the trailing four reported quarters, Berkshire beat consensus in three of four periods, reflecting the inherent volatility introduced by mark-to-market accounting on the company's substantial equity portfolio.
Wall Street coverage of Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares remains notably sparse compared to companies of similar market capitalization. Per SID consensus data, the most recent available analyst actions date to 2020, with Morgan Stanley maintaining an Equal-Weight rating across multiple updates issued in August, May, and April of that year. UBS represented the more constructive view, reiterating a Buy rating in both May and April 2020 according to Wall Street analyst reports. The limited coverage universe reflects several structural factors: the absence of investment banking fee opportunities given Berkshire's self-funded acquisition model, the company's zero-dividend policy, and the dominance of Class B shares in institutional portfolios. With only two firms providing active coverage in the most recent data, consensus metrics carry limited statistical significance. The split between Morgan Stanley's neutral stance and UBS's bullish positioning highlights divergent views on the conglomerate's growth potential relative to its trillion-dollar valuation.
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