Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 205,659.97
Dividend & YieldN/A$ (N/A)
Beta 0.88
Market capitalization 685.58B
Operating cash flow 37.22B
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

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 and footwear products, jewelry, and custom picture framing products, as well as alkaline batteries; castings, forgings, fasteners/fastener systems, aerostructures, and precision components; and cobalt, nickel, and titanium alloys. 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 clothing and equipment. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Sector: Financial Services - Industry: Insurance—Diversified

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio3.64
Working Capital0.57
Return On Equity0.18
Debt To Equity0.21
Fixed Asset Ratio0.03
Fixed Interest Cover27.53

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Change To Liabilities 1.71B 1.59B 2.31B 1.86B
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -5.62B -37.76B 29.39B -87.6B
Net Borrowings 6.08B 6.79B -752M 8.17B
Total Cash From Financing Activities 730M -18.34B -28.51B -1.66B
Change To Operating Activities 4.62B 7.71B 8.96B 6.49B
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 81.42B 42.52B 89.8B -22.82B
Change In Cash 33.82B -16.24B 40.31B -52.31B
Effect Of Exchange Rate 25M 92M 5M -268M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 38.69B 39.77B 39.42B 37.22B
Depreciation 10.06B 10.6B 10.72B 10.9B
Change To Account Receivables -2.3B -1.61B -5.83B -5.59B
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -497M -429M -695M -1.98B
Change To Netincome -72B -28.91B -79.96B 64.06B
Capital Expenditures -15.98B -13.01B -13.28B -15.46B

Income Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 102.7B 55.69B 111.69B -30.58B
Net Income 81.42B 42.52B 89.8B -22.82B
Selling General Administrative
Gross Profit 105.58B 69.79B 114.97B -28.09B
Ebit 105.58B 69.79B 114.97B -28.09B
Operating Income 105.58B 69.79B 114.97B -28.09B
Interest Expense -3.96B -4.08B -4.17B -4.35B
Income Tax Expense 20.9B 12.44B 20.88B -8.52B
Total Revenue 254.62B 245.58B 276.2B 302.09B
Cost Of Revenue 149.04B 175.79B 161.23B 330.18B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -2.88B -14.1B -3.29B -2.49B
Net Income From Continuing Ops 81.79B 43.25B 90.81B -22.06B
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 81.42B 42.52B 89.8B -22.82B

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Total Liabilities 389.17B 422.39B 443.85B 467.83B
Total Stockholder Equity 424.79B 443.16B 506.2B 472.36B
Other Current Liabilities 2.02B 958M 940M 1.19B
Total Assets 817.73B 873.73B 958.78B 948.45B
Common Stock 8M 8M 8M 8M
Other Current Assets 602M 676M 851M 1.18B
Retained Earnings 402.49B 444.63B 534.42B 511.6B
Treasury Stock -13.37B -37.1B -63.82B -74.42B
Cash 64.17B 47.99B 88.18B 35.81B
Total Current Liabilities 44.44B 45.63B 45.23B 62.5B
Other Stockholder Equity -5.24B -4.24B -4.03B -6.59B
Property, Plant, and Equipment 180.28B 192.6B 196.37B 201.94B
Total Current Assets 184.29B 194.03B 208.09B 203.43B
Net Tangible Assets 311.26B 338.75B 402.69B 363.76B
Net Receivables 35.84B 35.85B 39.56B 48.3B
Accounts Payable 36.36B 39.98B 40.7B 44.63B


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
ABEL GREGORY EDWARDPurchase at price 405800.00 - 406122.78 per share.I2022-09-29Officer and Director61
ABEL GREGORY EDWARDPurchase at price 406129.00 - 407149.00 per share.I2022-09-29Officer and Director51
ABEL GREGORY EDWARDPurchase at price 407150.00 - 407849.00 per share.I2022-09-29Officer and Director33
ABEL GREGORY EDWARDPurchase at price 407860.00 - 408514.01 per share.I2022-09-29Officer and Director23
WITMER MERYL BPurchase at price 261002.63 per share.D/I2020-05-18Director8
BUFFETT WARREN EStock Gift at price 0.00 per share.D2014-12-24Chief Executive Officer59.37k
OLSON RONALD LSale at price 229300.00 per share.D2014-12-19Director65
GOTTESMAN DAVID SStock Gift at price 0.00 per share.I2014-10-29Director1.41k
MURPHY THOMAS SPurchase at price 185640.00 per share.I2014-04-15Director500
KEOUGH DONALD RPurchase at price 105416.00 per share.D2011-08-08Director8
KEOUGH DONALD RPurchase at price 114122.00 per share.D2011-06-22Director22
BURKE STEPHEN BPurchase at price 114800.00 per share.I2010-05-04Director6
BURKE STEPHEN BPurchase at price 98779.80 per share.D2009-12-29Director5
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 108000.00 per share.I2007-03-23Director35
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 113200.00 per share.D2006-12-19Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 109800.00 per share.I2006-12-13Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 108800.00 per share.I2006-12-12Director90
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 91100.00 per share.I2006-07-26Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 91000.00 - 91200.00 per share.I2006-07-25Director30
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 91000.00 per share.I2006-07-19Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 90800.00 - 91000.00 per share.I2006-07-11Director30
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 91900.00 - 92000.00 per share.I2006-06-29Director40
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 90800.00 - 91900.00 per share.I2006-06-27Director50
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 92300.00 per share.I2006-06-22Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 92300.00 - 92400.00 per share.I2006-06-21Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 92000.00 - 92600.00 per share.I2006-06-19Director40
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 91600.00 - 91700.00 per share.I2006-06-16Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 92300.00 per share.I2006-06-16Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 90500.00 - 91900.00 per share.I2006-06-15Director80
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 92200.00 per share.I2006-06-15Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 90000.00 - 90100.00 per share.I2006-06-14Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 83100.00 per share.I2005-06-08Director6
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 83350.00 - 84750.00 per share.I2005-06-03Director24
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 87399.10 per share.I2005-04-05Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 87264.30 per share.D2005-03-30Director35
KEOUGH DONALD RPurchase at price 85700.00 per share.D2005-01-05Director5
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 85000.00 per share.I2004-10-27Director30
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 82200.00 - 84500.00 per share.I2004-10-22Director30
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 84500.00 - 85900.00 per share.I2004-10-20Director90
KEOUGH DONALD RPurchase at price 86800.00 - 87000.00 per share.D2004-05-12Director23
KEOUGH DONALD RPurchase at price 82225.00 per share.I2003-12-17Director1
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIIStock Gift at price 0.00 per share.I2003-08-18Director4
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 68400.00 per share.D2003-04-02Director30
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIIPurchase at price 67300.00 per share.D2003-02-04Director1
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 67600.00 per share.I2003-01-31Director10
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIIPurchase at price 72750.00 per share.D2002-12-31Director5
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 72750.00 per share.D2002-12-31Director5
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIIPurchase at price 72990.00 per share.D/I2002-11-14Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 72990.00 per share.D/I2002-11-13Director20
CHACE MALCOLM GREENE IIISale at price 73000.00 - 73200.00 per share.I2002-02-28Director20
MUNGER CHARLES TStock Gift at price 0.00 per share.2002-02-04Officer and Director100

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 30.56% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

30.56 %

Latent gain

97863.0 $

Invested capital

320238.0 $

Annualized return

7.38 %
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Momentum strategy results on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 0% of return on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 0% of return on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

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Latent gain

0.0 $

Invested capital

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Annualized return

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Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

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Latent gain

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Invested capital

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Momentum equity curve on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A since the beginning:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Buy the dip entry openings on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

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Latent gain

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Invested capital

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Annualized return

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Equity curve of the strategy applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Note: the dividends potentially given by Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A.

Equity curve comparison on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A investment comparison

Performance comparison on Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 30.56% 97863.0$ 320238.0$ 7.38%
Momentum 1 quarter 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ 0.0%
Momentum 2 quarters 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ 0.0%
Non-directional 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

7.38 %

Momentum 1Q

0.0 %

Momentum 2Q

0.0 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A:

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A
Country United States
City Omaha
Address 3555 Farnam Street
Phone 402 346 1400
Website www.berkshirehathaway.com
FullTime employees 383000
Industry Insurance—Diversified
Sector Financial Services
Exchange XNYS
Ticker BRK-A
Market www.nyse.com

Berkshire Hathaway Inc - Class A ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

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Rating Year: unknown

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Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown