Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) financials — revenue, cash, debt and margins

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) financials — revenue, cash, debt and margins — InspectStocks

Key figures

Trailing twelve months where a flow is involved, latest reported balance where it is not.

Valuation

Market cap: n/a
P/E (TTM): —
Price / sales: —
EV / EBITDA: —
Price / book: —

Cash flow

FCF yield: —
SBC-adjusted FCF yield: —
SBC impact: —
Stock compensation (TTM): —

Margins & growth

Profit margin: 22.3%
Operating margin: 5.6%
Quarterly revenue (year on year): 10.0%
Quarterly earnings (year on year): 107.5%

Balance sheet

Cash & investments: $41.4B
Debt: $6.3B
Net cash / (debt): $35.1B

Where the revenue comes from

Insurance and Other is 87% of revenue.

By product or service

Year to Dec 31, 2025 · $371.4B

Insurance and Other87%
$321.7B0.0% vs. a year earlier
Railroad Utilities and Energy13%
$49.7B-0.1% vs. a year earlier

By business segment

Year to Dec 31, 2025 · $476.6B

Insurance Corporate and Other23%
$108.4B+1.5% vs. a year earlier
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group22%
$104.2B-0.8% vs. a year earlier
Manufacturing Businesses16%
$78.5B+1.7% vs. a year earlier
Mc Lane Company11%
$51B-1.8% vs. a year earlier
Service and Retailing Businesses9%
$42.6B+7.0% vs. a year earlier
Pilot Travel Centers LLC9%
$42.2B-9.9% vs. a year earlier
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company6%
$26.3B0.0% vs. a year earlier
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation5%
$23.4B-0.6% vs. a year earlier

These lines account for 128% of revenue. Each breakdown reconciles to the total by its own route, so they need not agree with one another.

What it owns and what it owes

Both on one scale, because both are money — the bar that is taller is the one that matters.

Cash and debt

Cash & InvestmentsTotal Debt

Cash counts short-term investments, not just the bank balance — technology companies park most of it in marketable securities, and leaving those out understates it several times over. Debt includes lease obligations.

The rest of the series

Not on the overview because five charts is as much as one decision needs — but here in full, on one period switch. Each bar sums the four quarters ending there — a full year, brought up to today.

Total Revenue

$384.69BQ2 2026+2.5%

1Y: +3.93%2Y: +3.94%5Y: +47.32%

Everything the company sold, before any costs. Each bar sums the four quarters ending there — a full year, brought up to today.

EBITDA

$27.87BQ1 2013+6.3%

1Y: +14.13%2Y: +32.63%

Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation — approximated from operating income, because no depreciation tag is reported consistently enough across filers to do better. Treat it as indicative. Each bar sums the four quarters ending there — a full year, brought up to today.

Profit

$85.77BQ2 2026+18.3%22.3% of revenue

1Y: +36.32%2Y: +26.40%5Y: -18.92%

What was left after every cost, including tax. Each bar sums the four quarters ending there — a full year, brought up to today.

Profit margin

22.3%Q2 2026+15.5%

How much of every dollar of sales the company keeps as profit. A grocer keeps a few cents; a software company can keep half. Each point covers the four quarters ending there — a full year, brought up to today.

Free Cash Flow

$24.22BQ2 2026+1.4%

1Y: +194.41%2Y: -25.03%5Y: -17.57%

Cash left over after running and maintaining the business. Each bar sums the four quarters ending there — a full year, brought up to today.

About Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Ticker: BRK-B
SEC classification: Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (6331)
Listed on: NYSE
Incorporated in: DE
Financial year ends: December 31
Filer size: Large accelerated filer

About this data

Everything above comes from Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s own filings with the SEC, as reported. No estimates, no analyst figures, nothing adjusted.

Not reported by this filer: Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, R&D Expense, SG&A Expense, Profit per share, Shares outstanding, Interest Income, Net Interest Income, Non-interest Income, Non-interest Expense, Deposits, Current Assets, Current Liabilities, Short-term Investments, Receivables, Long-term Debt (noncurrent), Long-term Debt (current), Short-term Borrowings, Borrowings (total), Operating Lease (current), Operating Lease (noncurrent), Finance Lease (current), Finance Lease Liabilities (total), Finance Lease (noncurrent), Dividends paid, and Stock-Based Compensation. Companies choose which XBRL tags to use, and anything untagged cannot be recovered — so these are blank rather than guessed.