Berkshire Hathaway Ownership

BRK-B Stock  USD 410.24  0.98  0.24%   
Berkshire Hathaway retains a total of 1.31 Billion outstanding shares. Over half of Berkshire Hathaway's outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These other corporate entities are typically referred to as corporate investors that acquire positions in a given instrument to benefit from reduced trade commissions. Consequently, these institutions are subject to different rules and regulations than regular investors in Berkshire Hathaway. Please watch out for any change in the institutional holdings of Berkshire Hathaway as this could mean something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that on July 22, 2016, Senator Shelley Moore Capito of US Senate acquired under $15k worth of Berkshire Hathaway's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1988-03-31
Previous Quarter
2.2 B
Current Value
2.2 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
2.2 B
Quarterly Volatility
284.4 M
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Berkshire Hathaway in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Berkshire Hathaway, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
As of May 15, 2024, Dividends Paid is expected to decline to about 3.2 B. In addition to that, Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio is expected to decline to -2.66. The current year's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is expected to grow to about 2.4 B, whereas Net Loss is projected to grow to (24.9 B).
Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
  
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Berkshire Stock Ownership Analysis

About 66.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.55. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. Berkshire Hathaway recorded earning per share (EPS) of 33.91. The entity had not issued any dividends in recent years. The firm had 50:1 split on the 21st of January 2010. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway operates under InsuranceDiversified classification in the United States and is traded on NYQ Exchange. It employs 360000 people. For more info on Berkshire Hathaway please contact Warren Buffett at 402 346 1400 or go to https://www.berkshirehathaway.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Berkshire Hathaway also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Berkshire Hathaway's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Berkshire Hathaway's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Berkshire Hathaway Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

1.07 Trillion

Berkshire Hathaway Outstanding Bonds

Berkshire Hathaway issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Berkshire Hathaway uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Berkshire bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Berkshire Hathaway has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Berkshire Hathaway Corporate Filings

8K
7th of May 2024
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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10Q
6th of May 2024
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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F4
1st of May 2024
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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22nd of April 2024
Other Reports
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Berkshire Hathaway Investors Sentiment

The influence of Berkshire Hathaway's investor sentiment on the probability of its price appreciation or decline could be a good factor in your decision-making process regarding taking a position in Berkshire. The overall investor sentiment generally increases the direction of a stock movement in a one-year investment horizon. However, the impact of investor sentiment on the entire stock market does not have solid backing from leading economists and market statisticians.
Investor biases related to Berkshire Hathaway's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Berkshire. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Berkshire can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Berkshire Hathaway. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Berkshire Hathaway's market sentiment shows the aggregated news analyzed to detect positive and negative mentions from the text and comments. The data is normalized to provide daily scores for Berkshire Hathaway's and other traded tickers. The bigger the bubble, the more accurate is the estimated score. Higher bars for a given day show more participation in the average Berkshire Hathaway's news discussions. The higher the estimated score, the more favorable is the investor's outlook on Berkshire Hathaway.

Berkshire Hathaway Implied Volatility

    
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Berkshire Hathaway's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Berkshire Hathaway stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Berkshire Hathaway's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Berkshire Hathaway stock will not fluctuate a lot when Berkshire Hathaway's options are near their expiration.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Berkshire Hathaway in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Berkshire Hathaway's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Berkshire Hathaway options trading.

Pair Trading with Berkshire Hathaway

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Berkshire Hathaway position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Berkshire Hathaway will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with Berkshire Stock

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Berkshire Hathaway could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Berkshire Hathaway when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Berkshire Hathaway - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Berkshire Hathaway to buy it.
The correlation of Berkshire Hathaway is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Berkshire Hathaway moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Berkshire Hathaway moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Berkshire Hathaway can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Berkshire Hathaway's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Berkshire Hathaway is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Berkshire Hathaway's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.