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Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway) Shiller PE Ratio

: 20.59 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-20), Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is $405.08. Berkshire Hathaway's E10 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.67. Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 20.59.

The historical rank and industry rank for Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BRK.B' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.51   Med: 22.67   Max: 29.7
Current: 20.43

During the past years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 29.70. The lowest was 15.51. And the median was 22.67.

BRK.B's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
71.11% of 360 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.085 vs BRK.B: 20.43

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.327. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $19.67 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.58 18.81 17.97 19.54 18.13

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.54 17.60 17.95 19.10 18.13

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Berkshire Hathaway Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Berkshire Hathaway's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=405.08/19.67
=20.59

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Berkshire Hathaway's E10 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Berkshire Hathaway's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=17.327/129.4194*129.4194
=17.327

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201403 1.908 99.695 2.477
201406 2.593 100.560 3.337
201409 1.874 100.428 2.415
201412 1.686 99.070 2.203
201503 2.095 99.621 2.722
201506 1.628 100.684 2.093
201509 3.825 100.392 4.931
201512 2.222 99.792 2.882
201603 2.267 100.470 2.920
201606 2.028 101.688 2.581
201609 2.919 101.861 3.709
201612 2.549 101.863 3.239
201703 1.646 102.862 2.071
201706 1.728 103.349 2.164
201709 1.649 104.136 2.049
201712 13.193 104.011 16.416
201803 -0.461 105.290 -0.567
201806 4.867 106.317 5.925
201809 7.520 106.507 9.138
201812 -10.316 105.998 -12.595
201903 8.806 107.251 10.626
201906 5.739 108.070 6.873
201909 6.746 108.329 8.059
201912 11.923 108.420 14.232
202003 -20.435 108.902 -24.285
202006 10.876 108.767 12.941
202009 12.663 109.815 14.924
202012 15.005 109.897 17.671
202103 5.092 111.754 5.897
202106 12.325 114.631 13.915
202109 4.588 115.734 5.131
202112 17.686 117.630 19.459
202203 2.523 121.301 2.692
202206 -19.775 125.017 -20.471
202209 -1.271 125.227 -1.314
202212 8.183 125.222 8.457
202303 16.251 127.348 16.515
202306 16.517 128.729 16.606
202309 -5.883 129.860 -5.863
202312 17.327 129.419 17.327

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Berkshire Hathaway  (NYSE:BRK.B) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway) Business Description

Address
3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68131
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 firms 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.
Executives
Ajit Jain director, officer: Vice Chairman 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, BHRG, STAMFORD CT 06902
Murphy Thomas S Jr director C/O CRESTVIEW ADVISORS, 667 MADISON AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10021
Warren E Buffett director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 3555 FARNAM ST, STE 1440, OMAHA NE 68131
Charlotte Guyman director 3324 78TH PL. N.E., MEDINA WA 98004
Susan A. Buffett director 808 CONAGRA DRIVE, OMAHA NE 68102
Christopher C Davis director C/O GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY, 1300 NORTH 17TH STREET, SUITE 1700, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Ronald L Olson director EDISON INTERNATIONAL, 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Kenneth I Chenault director C/O GENERAL CATALYST, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Gregory Abel director, officer: Vice Chairman 666 GRAND AVE., STE.500, DES MOINES IA 50309
Meryl B Witmer director 655 THIRD AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Thomas S Murphy director C/O WALT DISNEY CO, 500 S BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-1010
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust 10 percent owner 2365 CARILLON POINT, KIRKLAND WA 98033
Stephen B Burke director 41 CENTRAL PARK WEST - APT 11A, NEW YORK NY 10023
Susan L Decker director C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Gates William H Iii director 2365 CARILLON POINT, KIRKLAND WA 98033

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