Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Berkshire Hathaway is a diversified holding company with businesses spanning insurance, rail transportation, energy, manufacturing, services and retail. Its insurance operations include GEICO and a range of reinsurance businesses, while its other major operations include BNSF Railway and Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

The company also owns businesses that make and sell products such as building materials, industrial components, apparel and consumer goods, and it holds investments in companies across several industries. Its operating businesses serve customers primarily in the United States, with some activities and sales extending internationally.

Berkshire Hathaway traces its roots to textile manufacturers that combined in 1955. Warren Buffett took control in the 1960s and built the company into a diversified holding company. Greg Abel became president and chief executive officer in 2026, and Buffett serves as chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $887,875.04 to $892,000.00
• 50-Day Range: $748,770.56 to $885,145.41
• 52-Week Range: $698,000.00 to $894,950.00
• Volume: 23 shs
• Average Volume: 277 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.27 trillion
• P/E Ratio: 16.50
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $838,702.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Berkshire Hathaway scored higher than 17% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 833rd out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Berkshire Hathaway has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Berkshire Hathaway has a consensus price target of $838,702.50, representing about 5.8% downside from its current price of $890,812.88.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Berkshire Hathaway has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Berkshire Hathaway is 16.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Berkshire Hathaway is 16.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.46.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Berkshire Hathaway has a P/B Ratio of 1.66. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BRK.A.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Berkshire Hathaway does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Berkshire Hathaway does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.26

News Sentiment

Berkshire Hathaway has a news sentiment score of 0.26. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 36 news articles for Berkshire Hathaway this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Berkshire Hathaway to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Berkshire Hathaway insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $19,972,673.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.25% of the stock of Berkshire Hathaway is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

22.97% of the stock of Berkshire Hathaway is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/09/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Sector Holdings
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BRK.A
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:BRK/A
• CIK: 1067983
• Web: www.berkshirehathaway.com
• Phone: 402-346-1400
• Fax: 402-346-3375
• Employees: 387,800
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Berkshire Hathaway: $838,702.50
• High Price Target: $942,405.00
• Low Price Target: $735,000.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $53,746.7109
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $66.97 billion
• Net Margins: 19.50%
• Pretax Margin: 25.26%
• Return on Equity: 6.38%
• Return on Assets: 3.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.32
• Quick Ratio: 0.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $371.44 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.42
• Cash Flow: $40,506.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.96
• Book Value: $535,075.75 per share
• Price / Book: 1.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,430,000
• Free Float: 1,423,000
• Market Cap: $1.27 trillion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.58