Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK-A
What this company does
Written from the business description in BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 2 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +8.2% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +9.5%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.
EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 247.2 | 249.7 | 254.9 | 207.8 | 191.3 | 166.7 | 176.5 | 175.4 | 239.9 | 215.1 | 210.9 | 194.7 | 182.2 | 162.5 | 143.7 | 136.2 | 112.5 | 107.8 | 118.2 |
| Operating income $B | 82.5 | 110.4 | 120.2 | −30.5 | 111.9 | 55.7 | 102.7 | 4.0 | 23.8 | 33.7 | 34.9 | 28.1 | 28.8 | 22.2 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 11.2 | · | · |
| EBITDA $B | 95.9 | 123.2 | 132.7 | −19.6 | 122.6 | 66.3 | 112.8 | 13.8 | 33.0 | 42.6 | 42.7 | 35.5 | 35.3 | 28.4 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 14.3 | · | · |
| Income tax $B | 15.2 | 20.8 | 23.0 | −8.5 | 20.9 | 12.4 | 20.9 | −0.3 | −21.5 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 6.6 |
| Net income $B | 67.0 | 89.0 | 96.2 | −22.8 | 89.9 | 42.5 | 81.4 | 4.0 | 44.9 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 14.8 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 13.2 |
| Free cash flow $B | 25.0 | 11.6 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 34.0 | 19.7 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 5.1 | 7.2 |
| EPS, diluted $ | · | 61900.00 | 66412.00 | −15494.00 | 59460.00 | 26668.00 | 49828.00 | 2446.00 | 27326.00 | 14645.00 | 14656.00 | 12092.00 | 11850.00 | 8977.00 | 6215.00 | 7928.00 | 5193.00 | · | · |
| Dividend / sh $ | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Payout % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| ROE % | 9.8 | 14.7 | 18.6 | −4.6 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 21.1 | 1.2 | 14.3 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 4.6 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
This company against its peers
Reconciled in 19 of 19 fiscal years. 20 checks could not be computed.