Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B

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$974.3B
P/E
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) Operating margin

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 45.4%, up 7.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (37.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −30.1% (fiscal 2022) to 72.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Insurance Diversified industry median of 18.0% and above the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 37.8% (8.21)
FY2024 46.0% (9.44)
FY2023 55.4% 85.55
FY2022 −30.1% (102.27)
FY2021 72.2% 25.20
FY2020 47.0% (24.59)
FY2019 71.6% 74.84
FY2018 −3.29% (16.03)
FY2017 12.7% (9.20)
FY2016 21.9% 3.65

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 49.5% 35.97
Mar 2026 13.6% (38.78)
Dec 2025 52.3% (13.05)
Sep 2025 65.4% 34.83
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −30.1% High 72.2%
Ten-year median 37.8%
Current reading's percentile 55

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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