Berkshire Hathaway Revenue and Growth Statistics (2024)
Berkshire Hathaway Interesting Key Facts
- Warren Buffet, one of the founders and the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is known as the Oracle of Ohama.
- Warren Buffet is considered one of the most successful investors of all time.
- Warren Buffet bought his first stock at the age of 11.
- Warren Buffet promised to donate 99% of his wealth.
- Warren Buffet and Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge in 2010, it’s a commitment where billionaires from across the world would donate half of their wealth to charitable causes.
- At the age of 92, Warren Buffet’s favorite feasts are still colas, ice creams, burgers, hotdogs, and other assortments of fast foods.
- In 2015, Warren Buffet told Fortune that he is “one-quarter Coca-Cola” as he consumes at least five cans of soda every single day.
- Berkshire Hathaway was formerly known as the Valley Falls company which then merged with the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company becoming Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates in 1929.
- In 1955, Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates merged with Hathaway Manufacturing Company which then gave birth to Berkshire Hathaway Company.
- Berkshire Hathaway categorized their shares into two classes: Class A and Class B. They did this so others can afford their shares.
- Berkshire Hathaway's class A is considered as the highest-priced shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
- One Class B share (BRK.B) is equivalent to 1/1500 Class A share (BRK.A).
- Class A shares cannot be and should not be split as Warren Buffet believes that it will attract “like-minded” investors.
Source: CNBCTV, Forbes, Giving Pledge, Projo, Stock Analysis, Business Insider, Investopedia, Mashed
Berkshire Hathaway: Conglomerate Overview (About)
Join us and check out an overview of Berkshire Hathaway as a company.
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Sources: Forbes, Berkshire Hathaway, SEC
Warren Buffet Net Worth Through the years
Warren Buffet's net worth as of 2022 was of $109 billion.
Known as one of the wealthiest people in the world, Warren Buffet has amassed his wealth through his ingenious investment strategies.
The table below presents us his net worth through the years according to Forbes.
This table is just amazing. Note how ever since 2013, Warren Buffet's net worth doubled.
Source: Forbes
What is Berkshire Hathaway's Revenue?
As of 2021, Berkshire Hathaway had revenue of $276.09 with a 12.46% increase from 2020.
In 1993, Berkshire Hathaway's revenue was of almost $4 billion. Not that 1993's revenue is small, but if you look at the number in 2021, numbers go up by a lot more.
Have a look at 2021! Berkshire Hathaway's revenue was of $276 billion.
Source: Google Finance, Berkshire Hathaway
Revenue breakdown earned among Berkshire Hathaway’s businesses
The table below shows us the revenue earned among Berkshire Hathaway's businesses by industry category.
As we can see, the largest portion of the conglomerate’s revenue comes from its insurance businesses (27%).
Not far away from the insurance business, Berkshire Hathaway's second most successful industry is the manufacturing industry, with 25% of the total revenue.
Source: SEC
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Profit throughout the years?
Berkshire Hathaway has a profit of $89.80 billion in 2021, an increase of 111.18% on year-over-year growth. As of Q3 2022, the company has a profit of -$2.69 billion.
Looking at the data with Berkshire Hathaway's revenue, you can see how the company had both years with an increase and a decrease in revenue.
Source: Google Finance, Berkshire Hathaway
How many companies does Berkshire Hathaway own?
As of November 2022, Berkshire Hathaway owns more than 70 companies and has share holdings on hundreds of other companies.
Source: Liberated Stock Trader, Brick, AltaLink, Berkshire Hathaway 1, Berkshire Hathaway 2, Berkshire Hathaway 3, Berkshire Hathaway 4, Berkshire Hathaway 5, Berkshire Hathaway 6, Berkshire Hathaway 7, Berkshire Hathaway 8, Berkshire Hathaway 9, Automotive News, Borsheims, Businesswire 1, Fortune, Clayton Homes, Businesswire 2, NBCDFW, Flight Safety, Fruit of the Loom, GEICO, Genre, Helzberg, New York Times, McLane, National Indemnity Company, NFM, SEC, Omaha, Oriental Trading, USA Today, Precision Brand, TSLT
How does Berkshire Hathaway make money?
Berkshire Hathaway makes money through its various businesses in almost every industry.
Its top earning businesses are those from the insurance industry, manufacturing industry, McLane company, service and retailing company, Bekshire Hathaway Energy, and the BNSF.
Sources: SEC, Investopedia
Berkshire Hathaway Market Capitalization
Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of $675.13 billion in 2022. Also, the company has a stock price of ~462,700 per share.
Though, stocks are generally volatile, so the number is likely to go up & down fast.
Source: Google Finance
Berkshire Hathaway Financials
As one of the largest companies in the world, Berkshire Hathaway's price per share is one of the highest-priced of any U.S. Company.
In the following subsections, we will have a thorough look at this company’s financial data through the years.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway's EBITDA throughout the years?
In 2021, Berskhire Hathaway has an EBITDA of over $125 billion, an increase of 56.36% in year-over-year growth. The company has a -$738.00M EBITDA as of Q3 2022.
The year of 2021 saw the highest EBITDA at Berkshire Hathaway, rated at $125.58 billion.
Source: Google Finance
EBITDA breakdown among Berkshire Hathaway’s businesses
Berkshire Hathaway’s EBITDA comes mostly from its manufacturing businesses according to a document from SEC.
After the manufacturing industry, Berkshire Hathaway's EBITDA also comes a lot from the BNSF category (24%).
Source: SEC
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Net Profit Margin throughout the years?
As of 2021, Berkshire Hathaway's net profit margin was of 32.52, with an increase of almost 88% than in 2020.
In 2019, Berkshire Hathaway's net profit margin was close to the highest one, recorded in n 2021.
Source: Google Finance
What are Berkshire Hathaway’s Earnings Per share throughout the years?
As of 2021, Berkshire Hathaway earns 12.12 per share, with a 32% increase than in 2020's earning per share.
Note how Berkshire Hathaway's highest earning per share was recorded in 2018, with 15 per share.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s effective tax rate throughout the years?
Berkshire Hathaway's effective tax rate was of 18.69% in 2021.
Check out this table to see the situation in the past few years.
The highest effective tax rate at Berkshire Hathaway was in 2020, with 22.34%.
Also, the lowest effective tax rate at the company was in 2017, with -90.25%.
Source: Google Finance
What are Berkshire Hathaway's Cash and Short-term Investments Through the Years?
Latest data shows that Berkshire Hathaway's cash and short-term investments were of $146.72 billion in 2021.
Note how every new year at Berkshire Hathaway had the cash and short-term investments' numbers going up by quite a few millions.
Source: Google Finance
What are Berkshire Hathaway’s Total Assets Through the Years?
Berkshire Hathaway has assets worth over $958.78 billion. Latest data was recorded in 2021.
The table below shows some of the past few years' values.
Berkshire Hathaway's total assets went up by 9.73% in 2021 compared to 2020's total assets.
Source: Google Finance
What are Berkshire Hathaway’s Total Liabilities Through the Years?
Berkshire HAthaway's total liabilities were of $443.85 billion in 2021, as shown by the most recent report.
As for liabilities, they are also expected to go up at Berkshire Hathaway.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Total Equity Through the Years?
Total equity at the company was of $514.93 billion in 2021, as said in the last official report.
Source: Google Finance
What are Berkshire Hathaway’s Shares Outstanding Through the Years?
In 2021, Berkshire Hathaway's shares outstanding were of 1.48 million in 2021.
You can see in this table how the past few years had higher numbers for the outstanding shares at Berkshire Hathaway.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Price to Book Through the Years
The price-to-book ratio at Berkshire Hathaway was of 1.38 in 2021.
Use the table below to see the value in the past few years.
This table indicates that the highest price-to-book ratio at Berkshire hathaway was in 2017 and 2018, at 2.23.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Assets Through the Years?
The return on assets at Berkshire Hathaway was of 7.83% in 2021.
The lost return on assets was recorded in 2018, at 0.92%.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Capital Through the Years?
Berkshire Hathaway's return on capital was of 11.89% in 2021.
As for the lowest return on capital at Berkshire Hathaway, this was in 2018, recorded at 1.44%.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash From Operations Through the Years?
Berkshire Hathaway's cash from operations was of 11.89% in 2021. That is a decrease of 0.89% from 2020's value.
At the same time, Berkshire Hathaway's lowest cash from operations was in 2018, at 1.44% of the total operations.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash From Investing Through the Years?
In 2021, Berkshire Hathaway had 23.39 billion cash from investing. That's 177.85% times higher than 2020's value.
Though, 2020 was not the lowest value. In 2017, Berkshire Hathaway had the lost cash from investing, at -$41.01 billion.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash From Financing Through the Years?
Berkshire Hathaway's cash from financing in 2021 was of -$28.51 billion.
The highest cash from financing at Berkshire Hathaway was recorded in 2019, at $730 million.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway's Net Change in Cash Through the Years?
The most recent data shows that Berkshire Hathaway's net change in cash was of $40.31 billion in 2021.
As for the lowest net change in cash, Berkshire Hathaway saw the lowest value in 2020, at -$16.24 billion.
Source: Google Finance
What is Berkshire Hathaway's Free Cash Flow Through the Years?
In 2021, Berkshire Hathaway's free cash flow was of $61.70 billion. That is almost 50% higher than in 2020.
In 2018, Berkshire Hathaway's saw its lowest free cash flow, at -$2.52 billion.
Source: Google Finance
What are Berkshire Hathaway's Latest Investments?
These are Berkshire Hathaway’s latest investments.
Source: Crunchbase
Top Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Holdings
The following table shows us Berkshire Hathaway’s stock holdings portfolio breakdown.
It also shows us how much outstanding shares Berkshire Hathaway has on these companies and corporation.
The last row, “others’’, represents other companies and corporations with decimal percentages that are part of Berkshire Hathaway.
Presently, Berkshire Hathaway stock portfolio is worth more than $300 billion comprised by 53 positions.
Source: Capital, Fool 1, Fool 2, Investopedia, NASDAQ, Reuters, Fintel, Investors
Berkshire Hathaway Class B Funding History
There have been two transactions recorded in the Class B funding for Berkshire Hatahway. They are as follows:
Source: Crunchbase
How many people work for Berkshire Hathaway worldwide?
In 2021, Berkshire Hathaway has 372,000 employees.
This table represents Berkshire Hathaway’s number of employees throughout the years across the entirety of the world.
Berkshire Hathaway had the most employees in 2018, at the value of 389,000.
The lowest amount of employees at Berkshire Hathaway was in 2016, with 367,671 people working for the company.
Source: Business Insider
Berkshire Hathaway Acquisitions
Berkshire Hathaway currently owns 72 companies and 59 of these are 100% owned.
Sources: Brick, AltaLink, Berkshire Hathaway 1, Berkshire Hathaway 2, Berkshire Hathaway 3, Berkshire Hathaway 4, Berkshire Hathaway 5, Berkshire Hathaway 6, Berkshire Hathaway 7, Berkshire Hathaway 8, Berkshire Hathaway 9, Automotive News, Borsheims, Businesswire 1, Fortune, Clayton Homes, Businesswire 2, NBCDFW, Flight Safety, Fruit of the Loom, GEICO, Genre, Helzberg, New York Times, McLane, National Indemnity Company, NFM, SEC, Omaha, Oriental Trading, USA Today, Precision Brand, TSLT
Berkshire Hathaway Website Traffic Analysis
Below you can see daily, monthly, and other interesting data about Berkshire Hathaway's website.
Source: HypeStat
Berkshire Hathaway Website Traffic Sources
Most of the traffic driven to Berkshire Hathaway's website is direct, with 52.35% of the total traffic.
Source: HypeStat
How much time do people spend on Berkshire Hathaway’s website?
The average time people spend on their website is: 2 minutes and 44 seconds.
Source: HypeStat
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