Berkshire Hathaway Inc
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Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16.2 | 14.3 | 0.0 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16.4 | 14.8 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43.3 | 43.3 | 0.0 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.3% | 2.3% | 3,369.9% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 67.7% | 71.3% | 74.3% | 66.9% | 73.5% | 52.6% | 26.7% | 18.1% | 20.3% | 20.4% | 21.0% | 24.9% | 23.6% | 25.1% | – | |
| 14.6% | 15.1% | 13.9% | 13.2% | 11.1% | 9.8% | 7.3% | 10.7% | 16.8% | 10.7% | 20.0% | 20.6% | 19.8% | 11.8% | 4.1% | 10.6% | 16.2% | 27.0% | 28.5% | 28.6% | 22.1% | 12.0% | 9.9% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 31.1% | 35.9% | 39.2% | 41.1% | 28.4% | 22.5% | 15.5% | -0.6% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 16.5% | 15.6% | 16.1% | – | |
| 10.7% | 10.8% | 9.5% | 9.1% | 7.8% | 18.6% | 17.5% | 19.9% | 24.2% | 1.6% | 9.6% | 10.2% | 9.6% | 32.0% | 4.3% | 8.6% | 12.9% | 13.5% | 32.0% | 32.6% | 28.2% | 32.5% | 30.2% | 4.6% | -0.5% | -5.9% | 1.7% | 18.0% | 16.4% | 23.9% | 19.7% | 19.9% | 28.9% | 24.0% | 21.8% | 17.0% | 18.1% | 18.0% | 19.3% | 22.3% | |
| 8.6% | 8.8% | 13.1% | 13.3% | 13.7% | 14.1% | 10.2% | 9.4% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 8.9% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 9.7% | 8.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 9.5% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 6.3% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.6% | 8.5% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 6.1% | 12.9% | 11.4% | 13.3% | 16.5% | 1.2% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 19.2% | 2.7% | 5.6% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 23.2% | 22.5% | 18.2% | 17.7% | 16.4% | 2.5% | -0.3% | -4.8% | 1.4% | 16.1% | 14.6% | 17.1% | 12.8% | 11.3% | 17.0% | 13.7% | 12.4% | 9.4% | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 11.4% | |
| 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 8.4% | 0.6% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 10.0% | 6.8% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 26.3% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.6% | 1.3% | -0.1% | -2.4% | 0.7% | 8.3% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 6.9% | 6.1% | 9.3% | 7.7% | 6.9% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 6.8% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -78,843 | -14,902 | -21,398 | -21,911 | -38,700 | -23,091 | -51,095 | -57,336 | -36,052 | -23,536 | -20,547 | -38,903 | -69,041 | -58,521 | -36,724 | -31,351 | 80,874 | 68,905 | -55,989 | 72,925 | -67,438 | 26,078 | 80,548 | 88,473 | 83,870 | 98,749 | 97,471 | 75,292 | 93,941 | 90,249 | 87,205 | 81,304 | 102,194 | 98,221 | 98,127 | 26,534 | 74,178 | 87,153 | 85,750 | 85,327 | |
| -1.8 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -1.6 | -1.5 | -0.6 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.5 | -0.5 | -1.4 | -0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 8.1 | – | 4.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | – | |
| 44.6% | 45.4% | 44.7% | 45.2% | 45.2% | 49.6% | 49.4% | 50.3% | 51.0% | 49.3% | 49.9% | 50.3% | 50.4% | 51.9% | 251.6% | 49.9% | 50.0% | 274.1% | 50.7% | 51.6% | 51.3% | 52.8% | 52.4% | 50.7% | 51.4% | 49.9% | 50.6% | 51.8% | 51.5% | 52.5% | 53.4% | 54.3% | 54.8% | 56.3% | 56.2% | 57.4% | 56.9% | 58.7% | 58.1% | 59.4% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.44 | 9.76 | 9.14 | 8.84 | 7.57 | 18.21 | 16.11 | 19.25 | 25.13 | 1.63 | 10.90 | 11.78 | 10.97 | 33.45 | 4.11 | 9.20 | 15.06 | 18.49 | 45.21 | 46.41 | 38.14 | 39.83 | 37.77 | 5.30 | -0.61 | -10.40 | 3.31 | 39.96 | 35.39 | 44.27 | 34.01 | 31.49 | 49.59 | 41.26 | 37.50 | 29.15 | 31.25 | 31.04 | 33.60 | 59,727.02 | |
| 88.31 | 90.66 | 95.83 | 97.06 | 97.65 | 98.14 | 92.16 | 96.63 | 103.87 | 100.76 | 113.17 | 115.58 | 114.80 | 104.59 | 96.49 | 106.78 | 116.33 | 137.30 | 141.23 | 142.32 | 135.42 | 122.46 | 125.04 | 116.18 | 116.83 | 175.14 | 198.56 | 222.22 | 216.40 | 185.21 | 172.41 | 157.91 | 171.63 | 172.20 | 172.11 | 171.46 | 172.38 | 172.18 | 174.02 | 267,887.88 | |
| 109.20 | 114.36 | 118.72 | 121.88 | 124.96 | 141.17 | 140.79 | 145.12 | 152.36 | 141.76 | 149.97 | 155.98 | 162.32 | 174.50 | 152.64 | 162.76 | 174.43 | 192.69 | 194.78 | 206.38 | 209.57 | 224.53 | 229.71 | 209.09 | 210.23 | 215.67 | 230.95 | 248.30 | 242.04 | 258.26 | 264.69 | 279.19 | 291.89 | 301.05 | 303.37 | 309.43 | 323.40 | 332.55 | 337.10 | 522,407.38 | |
| 7.62 | 7.94 | 12.52 | 12.93 | 13.35 | 13.81 | 9.36 | 9.06 | 8.72 | 9.29 | 9.07 | 9.43 | 8.91 | 9.33 | 9.08 | 9.92 | 11.32 | 11.64 | 12.92 | 12.89 | 13.05 | 11.60 | 10.44 | 9.42 | 9.01 | 9.91 | 10.53 | 11.94 | 12.32 | 13.71 | 14.35 | 14.99 | 9.76 | 5.39 | 5.59 | 3.81 | 8.95 | 11.61 | 11.07 | 16,862.81 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: August 13, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.