As of today (2024-04-18), Berkshire Hathaway's share price is $399.95. Berkshire Hathaway's Tangible Book per Share of Dec. 2023 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $206.88. Hence, Berkshire Hathaway's Price to Tangible Book Ratio of today is 1.93.
The historical rank and industry rank for Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Tangible-Book or its related term are showing as below:
BRK.B'
s Price-to-Tangible-Book Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.58 Med: 1.83 Max: 2.38
Current: 1.95
During the past 13 years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Price to Tangible Book Ratio was 2.38. The lowest was 1.58. And the median was 1.83.
BRK.B's Price-to-Tangible-Book is ranked worse than 67.83% of 460
companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.33
vs BRK.B: 1.95
A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. As of today, Berkshire Hathaway's share price is $399.95. Berkshire Hathaway's Book Value per Sharefor the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $259.58. Hence, Berkshire Hathaway's P/B Ratio of today is 1.54.
Berkshire Hathaway Price-to-Tangible-Book Historical Data
The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Tangible-Book 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
Price-to-Tangible-Book
1.77
1.58
1.64
1.85
1.72
Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Tangible-Book
1.85
1.72
1.75
1.85
1.72
Competitive Comparison
For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book 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 Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book Ratio and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The Price-to-Book Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the Price-to-Book Ratio cannot be applied to them.
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Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway) Business Description
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.
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