Berkshire Hathaway Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

BRK-B Stock  USD 405.95  2.79  0.68%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Berkshire Hathaway is 'Strong Buy'. Macroaxis provides Berkshire Hathaway buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding BRK-B positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of Berkshire Hathaway's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting Berkshire Hathaway's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
429.46
Target Price
390.44
Hype Value
405.83
Market Value
405.95
Naive Value
402.56
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Berkshire Hathaway given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Berkshire Hathaway. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Berkshire Hathaway, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Berkshire HathawayBuy Berkshire Hathaway
Strong Buy

Market Performance

OKDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Very SmallDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Berkshire Hathaway has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1367, Jensen Alpha of 0.0917, Total Risk Alpha of 0.051, Sortino Ratio of 0.0942 and Treynor Ratio of 0.2066
Macroaxis provides advice on Berkshire Hathaway to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Berkshire Hathaway. Our investment recommendation engine determines the company's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure Berkshire Hathaway is not overpriced, please confirm all Berkshire Hathaway fundamentals, including its price to book, revenue, and the relationship between the number of shares shorted and price to sales . Given that Berkshire Hathaway has a shares owned by institutions of 66.17 %, we suggest you to validate Berkshire Hathaway market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Berkshire Hathaway Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Berkshire Hathaway is unlikely to experience financial distress in the next 2 years
Berkshire Hathaway has a poor financial position based on the latest SEC disclosures
About 66.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
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Berkshire Hathaway Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Berkshire Hathaway's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Berkshire Hathaway's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Berkshire Hathaway daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Berkshire Hathaway price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Berkshire Hathaway returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Berkshire Hathaway.
Mean Return
0.17
Value At Risk
-1.07
Potential Upside
1.20
Standard Deviation
0.77
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Berkshire Hathaway historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Berkshire Hathaway Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash33.8B(16.2B)40.3B(52.3B)2.2B2.4B
Free Cash Flow22.7B26.8B26.1B21.8B29.8B31.3B
Depreciation10.1B10.6B10.7B10.9B12.5B13.1B
Other Non Cash Items(72.4B)(29.6B)(81.0B)63.3B(80.9B)(76.8B)
Capital Expenditures16.0B13.0B13.3B15.5B19.4B20.4B
Net Income81.8B43.3B90.8B(22.1B)97.1B102.0B
End Period Cash Flow64.6B48.4B88.7B36.4B38.6B32.1B
Investments270M(379M)29.4B(87.6B)(31.4B)(33.0B)
Net Borrowings6.1B6.8B(752M)8.2B7.4B4.2B
Change To Netincome(72.4B)(40.9B)(80.0B)64.1B57.7B60.5B

Berkshire Hathaway Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Berkshire Hathaway or Financial Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Berkshire Hathaway's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Berkshire stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
0.09
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.76
σ
Overall volatility
0.76
Ir
Information ratio 0.09

Berkshire Hathaway Volatility Alert

Berkshire Hathaway exhibits relatively low volatility with skewness of -0.35 and kurtosis of -0.56. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Berkshire Hathaway's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Berkshire Hathaway's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Berkshire Hathaway Implied Volatility

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.

Berkshire Hathaway Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Berkshire Hathaway's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Berkshire Hathaway's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Berkshire Hathaway and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Berkshire Hathaway or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Berkshire Hathaway's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Berkshire Hathaway by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Berkshire Hathaway to competition
FundamentalsBerkshire HathawayPeer Average
Return On Equity0.18-0.31
Return On Asset0.0763-0.14
Profit Margin0.26 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.51 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation(23.99 B)16.62 B
Shares Outstanding1.31 B571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.40 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions66.17 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted10.32 M4.71 M
Price To Book1.55 X9.51 X
Price To Sales2.39 X11.42 X
Revenue364.48 B9.43 B
Gross Profit(28.09 B)27.38 B
EBITDA60.61 B3.9 B
Net Income97.15 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents35.81 B2.7 B
Total Debt128.27 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.26 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.59 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share389,254 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations49.2 B971.22 M
Short Ratio2.79 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share44.27 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth10.06 X4.89 X
Target Price481.0
Number Of Employees396.5 K18.84 K
Beta0.89-0.15
Market Capitalization882.62 B19.03 B
Total Asset1.07 T29.47 B
Retained Earnings607.35 B9.33 B
Net Asset1.07 T

Berkshire Hathaway Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Berkshire . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Short and Long Term Debt Total114.3B122.7B128.3B134.7B
Total Assets958.8B948.5B1.1T1.1T

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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.