Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway) Risk Assessment

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What is Berkshire Hathaway Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Berkshire Hathaway is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Competitive Comparison of Berkshire Hathaway's Risk Assessment

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Berkshire Hathaway's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Berkshire Hathaway's Risk Assessment falls into.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

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Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

BRK.B:USA BRK_B:Peru BRKB:Mexico 1BRK:Italy BRYNd:UK 0HN0:UK 0R37:UK BRHF:Germany BRYN:Germany BRYN:Germany BRYN:Germany BRYN:Germany BRK:Canada BERK34:Brazil BRKB:Austria BRKB:Argentina

Address

3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68131

Website

https://www.berkshirehathaway.com

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

Ronald L Olson	director	EDISON INTERNATIONAL, 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Ajit Jain	director, officer: Vice Chairman	100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, BHRG, STAMFORD CT 06902
Charles T Munger	director, officer: Vice Chairman	355 S GRAND AV, 34TH FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Warren E Buffett	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO	3555 FARNAM ST, STE 1440, OMAHA NE 68131
Meryl B Witmer	director	655 THIRD AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kenneth I Chenault	director	C/O GENERAL CATALYST, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
David S Gottesman	director
Charlotte Guyman	director	3324 78TH PL. N.E., MEDINA WA 98004
Gregory Abel	director, officer: Vice Chairman	666 GRAND AVE., STE.500, DES MOINES IA 50309
Thomas S Murphy	director	C/O WALT DISNEY CO, 500 S BUENA VISTA STREET, BURBANK CA 91521-1010
Stephen B Burke	director	41 CENTRAL PARK WEST - APT 11A, NEW YORK NY 10023
Keough Donald R /ny	director	200 GALLERIA PARKWAY, SE, SUITE 970, ATLANTA 2Q 30339-5945
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust	10 percent owner	2365 CARILLON POINT, KIRKLAND WA 98033
Susan L Decker	director	C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Malcolm G Chace	director	ONE PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON PLZ, 4TH FL, PROVIDENCE RI 02903