Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRK-B
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Berkshire Hathaway Inc is a mega-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Insurance - Diversified), with a market value of $1.08T, based in the USA.
It employs about 387,800 people and has been listed since May 09, 1996.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; operates railroad systems in North America; 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. It manufactures boxed chocolates and other confectionery products; specialty chemicals, metal cutting tools, and components for aerospace and power generation applications; prefabricated and site-built residential homes, 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.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 12.6 versus 14.1 for the median of the Financial Services sector in our universe (18 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 10% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 22.7 — they expect lower earnings.
The average analyst price target is 547.67, 9% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 52% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 25 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.6% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
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A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.