BRK-B
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
502.70$
+0.4%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 2, 2026
Statements
Ratios
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 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16.2 | 30.0 | 31.2 | 53.6 | 32.3 | 145.5 | 26.0 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 29.9 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 10.9 | 125.2 | 6.8 | 13.0 | 7.5 | – | 8.1 | 11.0 | 16.2 | |
| 3.8 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | – | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | |
| 10.3 | 18.4 | 15.8 | – | 13.8 | 33.5 | 13.0 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 12.3 | 27.7 | 4.3 | 9.0 | – | – | 14.3 | 14.9 | 16.2 | |
| 38.9 | 26.9 | – | 160.8 | 33.3 | 96.6 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 21.8 | 18.7 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 29.2 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 20.5 | 14.4 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 20.7 | 25.9 | 31.3 | 26.0 | 84.2 | 43.3 | |
| 2.6% | 3.7% | -0.1% | 0.6% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 12.9% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 7.1% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 5.7% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 1.2% | 2.3% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32.3% | 25.3% | 48.2% | 30.6% | 11.9% | 25.6% | 35.5% | 36.3% | 25.5% | 23.3% | 24.3% | 24.7% | 22.5% | 18.9% | 22.5% | 20.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 128.5% | 116.6% | 100.0% | 58.8% | 19.5% | 23.3% | 23.6% | |
| 35.2% | 27.1% | 31.7% | 10.2% | 16.0% | 3.7% | 15.1% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 16.8% | 18.2% | 18.7% | 15.6% | 11.7% | 16.9% | 14.3% | 13.7% | 15.8% | 14.4% | 16.6% | 15.1% | 9.8% | 10.7% | 41.7% | 24.0% | 31.5% | 12.4% | 13.2% | 16.0% | 15.9% | |
| 23.6% | 18.2% | 20.8% | 6.5% | 9.5% | 2.1% | 10.1% | 12.8% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 11.3% | 11.2% | 4.3% | 7.2% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 9.1% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 11.4% | 10.8% | 18.6% | 1.6% | 32.0% | 17.3% | 25.3% | -7.6% | 26.4% | 24.0% | 18.0% | |
| 9.8% | 20.3% | -0.6% | 2.2% | 9.3% | 3.1% | 33.9% | 14.8% | 8.3% | 8.8% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 9.7% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 6.9% | 9.1% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 8.8% | 14.1% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 10.9% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 3.1% | 6.7% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.5% | 6.0% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 6.7% | 10.5% | 8.5% | 9.3% | 10.2% | 10.9% | 4.6% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 6.2% | 7.7% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 8.4% | 12.8% | 1.1% | 19.0% | 9.4% | 17.4% | -4.7% | 16.9% | 13.7% | 9.3% | |
| 5.7% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 6.4% | 0.6% | 10.0% | 4.9% | 9.4% | -2.4% | 9.0% | 7.7% | 5.5% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 594 | 1,208 | -14,192 | – | -4,272 | -3,536 | -10,339 | -34,253 | -36,009 | -41,351 | -37,233 | -35,835 | -21,615 | -24,321 | -36,545 | -26,697 | -35,579 | -39,553 | -55,326 | -54,224 | -22,536 | -23,091 | -23,536 | -58,521 | 68,905 | 26,078 | 86,933 | 90,249 | 98,221 | 87,153 | |
| 0.2 | 0.4 | -3.0 | – | -0.6 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -2.6 | -2.9 | -2.8 | -1.9 | -1.5 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -1.3 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -1.4 | -0.5 | 1.0 | – | – | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | |
| 54.7% | 56.9% | 48.3% | 45.0% | 46.4% | 36.4% | 37.8% | 43.0% | 44.7% | 46.1% | 43.6% | 44.2% | 40.9% | 44.1% | 43.8% | 42.0% | 44.8% | 46.3% | 46.2% | 46.8% | 46.1% | 50.1% | 49.8% | 52.4% | 51.7% | 53.7% | 50.7% | 53.3% | 56.3% | 58.7% | |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.38 | 1.03 | 1.51 | 0.68 | 1.46 | 0.35 | 1.86 | 3.54 | 3.17 | 3.69 | 4.76 | 5.70 | 2.15 | 3.46 | 5.29 | 4.14 | 5.98 | 7.90 | 8.06 | 9.77 | 9.76 | 18.22 | 1.63 | 33.22 | 17.78 | 39.64 | -10.36 | 44.27 | 41.27 | 31.04 | |
| 5.83 | 5.64 | 7.26 | 10.49 | 15.27 | 16.85 | 18.36 | 27.73 | 32.25 | 35.75 | 42.31 | 51.04 | 50.11 | 48.15 | 56.20 | 59.28 | 65.59 | 73.88 | 78.97 | 85.53 | 90.68 | 98.15 | 100.51 | 103.89 | 102.65 | 156.55 | 137.11 | 167.71 | 172.23 | 172.18 | |
| 13.14 | 17.25 | 31.46 | 25.96 | 27.58 | 25.89 | 27.84 | 33.69 | 37.24 | 39.61 | 46.88 | 52.07 | 47.03 | 56.35 | 66.41 | 66.61 | 77.35 | 91.05 | 98.58 | 104.93 | 116.14 | 142.67 | 142.96 | 174.86 | 188.71 | 227.32 | 218.13 | 262.63 | 301.11 | 332.55 | |
| 0.57 | 1.15 | -0.04 | 0.23 | 1.41 | 0.52 | 6.23 | 4.10 | 2.69 | 3.14 | 2.43 | 3.10 | 2.20 | 4.69 | 4.86 | 4.96 | 4.51 | 6.74 | 6.83 | 6.25 | 7.94 | 13.81 | 9.27 | 9.27 | 11.19 | 11.54 | 9.88 | 13.71 | 5.39 | 11.61 | |
Data as of: October 2, 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.