Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK-B) is 12.99% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $399.21 and a high of $542.07 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The BRK-B stock was last observed hovering at around $539.80 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -27.65%.
Currently trading at $512.15, the stock is -1.84% and -0.93% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 16.38 million and changing -5.12% at the moment leaves the stock 8.36% off its SMA200. BRK-B registered 28.49% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.57%.
The stock witnessed a -3.40% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.23%, and is -3.54% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.89% over the week and 3.24% over the month.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B) has around 392400 employees, a market worth around $1105.82B and $371.29B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.65 and Fwd P/E is 23.44. Profit margin for the company is 21.79%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.29% and -5.52% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.39%).
with sales reaching $81.59B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -5.98% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.05% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -9.21% in year-over-year returns.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 1.34B, and float is at 1.33B with Short Float at 1.15%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 144.15 million shares valued at $58.64 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 6.6885% of the BRK-B Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 107.26 million shares valued at $43.63 billion to account for 4.9767 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 69.33 million shares representing 3.2167% and valued at over $28.2 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 1.6624 of the shares totaling 35.83 million with a market value of $14.54 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WITMER MERYL B, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that WITMER MERYL B sold 2 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $775883.30 per share for a total of $1.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2.0 shares.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 14 ’25 that BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (10% Owner) sold a total of 500,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 14 ’25 and was made at $154.94 per share for $77.47 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 35.39 million shares of the BRK-B stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 19 ’25, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (10% Owner) disposed off 129,938 shares at an average price of $154.09 for $20.02 million. The insider now directly holds 35,142,479 shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B).
