Berkshire Hathaway Class BBRK.B
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: 392,400
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
464% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 536 | Existing positions closed: 95
65% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $10.1B | Put options by funds: $6.14B
10% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,695 | Existing positions reduced: 1,537
9% more funds holding
Funds holding: 4,055 [Q3] → 4,400 (+345) [Q4]
2% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 695 [Q3] → 708 (+13) [Q4]
1% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $390B [Q3] → $393B (+$2.18B) [Q4]
0.21% less ownership
Funds ownership: 65.55% [Q3] → 65.34% (-0.21%) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
UBS Brian Meredith 81% 1-year accuracy 26 / 32 met price target | 8%upside $557 | Buy Maintained | 24 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 114 articles about BRK.B published over the past 30 days
