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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. It provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad system…
Insurance - Diversified
US, Omaha [HQ]

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Fundamental Analysis · Most Recent Quarter

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Valuation 28% Weak
Profitability n.A. n.A.
Fin. Growth 50% Balanced
Leverage & Liquidity 17% Weak
Per Share Metrics 33% Weak
Fin. Health n.A. n.A.
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Valuation

Metric Q4 Q1 Δ in %
EV/EBITDA 0.86 58.36 57.86
Graham Fair Price -41.19 187.18 318.29
PEG -1978.04 -0.27 -0.01
Price/Book 15.44 1.59 1.38
Price/Cash Flow 65.50 146.97 88.80
Prices/Earnings 247.69 17.86 5.14
Price/Sales 22.12 10.10 8.27
Price/FCF 65.50 146.97 88.80
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01 - Valuation · Weak
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Profitability

Metric Q4 Q1 Δ in %
Gross Profit Margin 13.61 0.22 0.19
Operating Margin 22.45 0.15 0.13
ROA -66.20 0.01 0.04
ROE 0.07 0.02 -66.80
ROIC 0.01 0.02 18.88
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02 - Profitability · Not Interpreted
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Financial Growth

Metric Q4 Q1 Δ in %
Debt QOQ -0.04 0.03 53.78
Dividends QOQ 0.00 0.00 0.00
EBIT QOQ -0.11 0.18 61.36
EPS QOQ 3.95 -0.66 -83.27
FCF QOQ 0.04 -0.29 643.72
Revenue QOQ < 0.005 -0.04 2008.89
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03 - Financial Growth · Balanced
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Leverage & Liquidity

Metric Q4 Q1 Δ in %
Assets Turnover n.A. n.A. n.A.
Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) 28.76 30.24 5.16
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 42.60 78.38 83.99
Inventory Turnover 3.13 2.98 -4.91
Debt/Capitalization 0.19 0.18 -4.95
Quick Ratio 39.71 4.90 -87.67
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04 - Leverage & Liquidity · Weak
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Per Share Metrics

Metric Q4 Q1 Δ in %
Book Value 259.35 264.69 2.06
Cash 77.46 87.54 13.00
Capex -2.64 -2.03 22.86
Free Cash Flow 4.02 2.86 -28.81
Revenue 43.15 41.62 -3.53
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05 - Per Share Metrics · Weak
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Financial Health

Metric Q4 Q1 Δ in %
Current Ratio 39.71 5.33 -86.58
Debt/Assets n.A. n.A. n.A.
Debt/Equity n.A. n.A. n.A.
Net Debt/EBITDA 6.06 5.12 -15.51
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06 - Financial Health · Bad