Companies
Berkshire Hathaway
S&P 500Financials· USA

BRK.B

Status-Quo-Player

Berkshire Hathaway

$480.19

+0.05%

Open $478.90·Prev $479.97

as of 13 Apr

STATUS-QUO-PLAYER

Power Core

Berkshire Hathaway's moat is the self-reinforcing loop between cost-free insurance float, permanent ownership of cash-generative businesses, and the absence of external capital market dependency.

Published1 Apr 2026
UniverseS&P 500
SectorFinancials

Direction of Movement

Lateral Trajectory With Succession as the Unresolved Variable

ROC 200

-2.6%

Company Profile

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B shares represent the Class B stock of the multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Primarily known for its insurance operations through subsidiaries like GEICO, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group, it generates substantial excess cash deployed into diverse acquisitions. Key holdings include Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, Berkshire Hathaway Energy utilities, and manufacturing entities such as Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR, alongside service, retailing, freight rail, finance, and Pilot Travel Centers operations. Unique for its completely decentralized management structure, the company employs approximately 392,400 people and operates in the financial services sector, specifically diversified insurance, with a large-value stock profile. Berkshire Hathaway leverages insurance float for investments, playing a pivotal role in global markets as a benchmark for value investing and conglomerate diversification, expected to produce around $375 billion in revenue in 2025.

Sector

Financial Services

Industry

Insurance - Diversified

Employees

387,800

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