Berkshire Hathaway Class BBRK.B Market cap $976B
About: Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the companies that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.
Employees: 396,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
81% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $8.42B | Put options by funds: $4.65B
19% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,683 | Existing positions reduced: 1,418
12% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 182 | Existing positions closed: 163
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3,902 [Q1] → 3,921 (+19) [Q2]
0.61% less ownership
Funds ownership: 66.11% [Q1] → 65.5% (-0.61%) [Q2]
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $361B [Q1] → $350B (-$10.8B) [Q2]
8% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 708 [Q1] → 653 (-55) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
TD Cowen Andrew Kilgerman 100% 1-year accuracy 2 / 2 met price target | 3%upside $465 | Hold Initiated | 22 Jul 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 136 articles about BRK.B published over the past 30 days