Berkshire Hathaway Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 5/6
Berkshire Hathaway has a total shareholder equity of $577.8B and total debt of $122.8B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 21.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $1,070.0B and $492.3B respectively. Berkshire Hathaway's EBIT is $94.4B making its interest coverage ratio 18.5. It has cash and short-term investments of $189.0B.
Key information
21.2%
Debt to equity ratio
US$122.75b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 18.5x |
| Cash | US$188.99b |
| Equity | US$577.79b |
| Total liabilities | US$492.25b |
| Total assets | US$1.07t |
Recent financial health updates
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Recent updates
Berkshire's 15 Years Of Disappointing Acquisitions
May 14Berkshire Hathaway 2024 Annual Meeting: Buffett And Abel Show Us The Future
May 05Buffett's Bonanza? Berkshire's 2023 A Mixed Bag
Apr 08Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK.A) P/S Ratio
Apr 01
Berkshire Hathaway: Never Bet Against Buffett
Mar 29Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett Has Work With GEICO, BNSF, And Especially BHE
Mar 13Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2023 Shareholder Letter
Feb 25Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q4 2023 Update
Feb 15Berkshire After Buffett, What To Expect?
Jan 15Berkshire Hathaway: Do As Buffett Says Not As He Does
Dec 31Berkshire's Cash Cow: Year-End Check On BNSF
Dec 20Berkshire Hathaway: How (Not) To Piggyback On Buffett's Stock Ideas
Nov 20Berkshire Hathaway: Time To Be Greedy
Nov 12Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Billions Worth Of Stocks For 4th Consecutive Quarter
Nov 04Berkshire Hathaway: The Soaring Value Of The Float
Oct 15Berkshire Hathaway Q3 2023 Earnings And Book Value Estimates - Are We Approaching Fair Value?
Oct 02Berkshire Hathaway: Time To Double Down
Sep 25Berkshire Hathaway: Surged To A New High - Why I'm Not Buying More Now
Sep 15Berkshire Hathaway: Cash Is King
Aug 14Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Tops One Trillion In Assets, With Cash Pile Near All-Time High
Aug 06Berkshire Hathaway: Look At Consumers And Cash Flows
Jul 252023 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: Summary Of The 48 Questions And Answers
Jul 09Berkshire Hathaway Suffers From A Rare Case Of Underperformance
Jul 02Berkshire Hathaway Energy Remains Undervalued
Jun 20Berkshire Hathaway: No Dividends, No Problem
Jun 14Berkshire Hathaway: Do You See What Buffett Sees?
May 31Berkshire Hathaway Q4 operating earnings slip Y/Y, stock buybacks jump
Feb 25Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q4 2022 Update
Feb 15Sir Warren Buffett Doesn't Believe In (Or Practice) Market Timing, Nor Should You
Jan 23It Is Unlikely I'll Invest In Berkshire Hathaway Soon
Jan 10Berkshire Performs So-So During Recessions Historically
Dec 19Buffett's Berkshire: 4% Changed The Calculation For Purchases And Buybacks
Nov 13Buffett's Berkshire: Why It's An Ideal Core Holding
Nov 05Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: BRK.A's short term assets ($270.4B) exceed its short term liabilities ($150.5B).
Long Term Liabilities: BRK.A's short term assets ($270.4B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($341.7B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: BRK.A has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: BRK.A's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 26.1% to 21.2% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: BRK.A's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (41.6%).
Interest Coverage: BRK.A's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (18.5x coverage).