As of today (2024-04-15), Berkshire Hathaway's share price is $604500.00.
Berkshire Hathaway's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $20,569.65. Hence, Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 29.39.
The historical rank and industry rank for Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
BRK.A'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.98 Med: 21.66 Max: 35.43
Current: 29.38
During the past 13 years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 35.43. The lowest was 12.98. And the median was 21.66.
BRK.A's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 85.09% of 342
companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.795
vs BRK.A: 29.38
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Berkshire Hathaway was 38.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, Berkshire Hathaway's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 101.60% per year. The lowest was -17.90% per year. And the median was 10.60% per year.
Berkshire Hathaway Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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-Free-Cash-Flow
24.44
20.72
26.02
31.46
26.40
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-Free-Cash-Flow
31.46
29.48
28.95
28.76
26.40
Competitive Comparison
For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Berkshire Hathaway's Share Price of today is $604500.00.
Berkshire Hathaway's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $20,569.65.
* 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:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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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