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

Company Overview

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a diversified holding company with operations spanning insurance, rail transportation, utilities and energy, manufacturing, services, and retailing. Its insurance businesses include GEICO, General Re, and Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, which provide property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products to individuals, businesses, and other insurers.

The company also owns BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad systems in North America, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which operates regulated electric and natural gas utilities, renewable energy projects, and related businesses. Its manufacturing, service, and retail operations include companies such as Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Marmon, Duracell, Fruit of the Loom, NetJets, and International Dairy Queen. Berkshire also holds a portfolio of investments in publicly traded companies.

Berkshire Hathaway traces its roots to textile companies Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates and Hathaway Manufacturing, which merged in 1955. Warren Buffett transformed the business into a diversified holding company after taking control in the 1960s and served as its chief executive for decades. Greg Abel became chief executive officer in 2026, while Buffett continues to serve as chairman.

Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Berkshire Hathaway serves customers primarily in the United States through its operating subsidiaries while conducting insurance, reinsurance, investment, and commercial activities internationally. Its Class B common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRK.B.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $509.71 to $516.57
• 50-Day Range: $496.37 to $527.69
• 52-Week Range: $464.01 to $537.74
• Volume: 1.53 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.10 trillion
• P/E Ratio: 12.95
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $542.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Berkshire Hathaway scored higher than 37% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 660th out of 836 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: 1.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Berkshire Hathaway has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Berkshire Hathaway is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Berkshire Hathaway are expected to grow by 1.85% in the coming year, from $21.67 to $22.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Berkshire Hathaway is 12.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Berkshire Hathaway is 12.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.65.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Berkshire Hathaway has a PEG Ratio of 1.95. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Berkshire Hathaway has a P/B Ratio of 1.55. 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.B.

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: 0.27

News Sentiment

Berkshire Hathaway has a news sentiment score of 0.27. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Berkshire Hathaway this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 21 people have searched for BRK.B on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

50 people have added Berkshire Hathaway to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 127% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Berkshire Hathaway insiders have sold 7,886.80% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $250,071.00 in company stock and sold $19,972,673.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.05% of the stock of Berkshire Hathaway is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.25% of the stock of Berkshire Hathaway is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/02/2026
• Today: 10/09/2026
• 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.B
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:BRK/B
• CIK: 1067983
• Web: www.berkshirehathaway.com
• Phone: 402-346-1400
• Fax: 402-346-3375
• Employees: 387,800
• Year Founded: 1839

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Berkshire Hathaway: $542.50
• High Price Target: $604.00
• Low Price Target: $481.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $39.77
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.96
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.79
• P/E Growth: 1.95
• Net Income: $66.97 billion
• Net Margins: 22.30%
• Pretax Margin: 28.98%
• Return on Equity: 6.62%
• Return on Assets: 3.87%

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: 2.97
• Cash Flow: $27.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.84
• Book Value: $333.61 per share
• Price / Book: 1.55

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,140,710,000
• Free Float: 2,011,197,000
• Market Cap: $1.10 trillion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.60