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: 396,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
70% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $10.5B | Put options by funds: $6.2B
40% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 205 | Existing positions closed: 146
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $360B [Q2] → $391B (+$30.9B) [Q3]
5% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 659 [Q2] → 689 (+30) [Q3]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3,962 [Q2] → 4,021 (+59) [Q3]
1% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,584 | Existing positions reduced: 1,604
1.91% less ownership
Funds ownership: 67.43% [Q2] → 65.51% (-1.91%) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
UBS Brian Meredith 74% 1-year accuracy 29 / 39 met price target | 17%upside $531 | Buy Maintained | 4 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 70 articles about BRK.B published over the past 30 days
