What is Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense?

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) reported interest expense of $1.3B in Q1 2026.

How has Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense changed year-over-year?

Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense increased by 3.5% year-over-year, from $1.26B to $1.3B.

What is the long-term trend for Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense has grown at a 5.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.17B to $5.07B.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B Interest Expense

Interest Expense at other companies

W.R. BerkleyWRB

$31.71M-0.1%

Mercury GeneralMCY

$6.82M-5.2%

Sherwin-WilliamsSHW

$131.6M+26.8%

Portland General ElectricPOR

$60M+7.1%

Canadian Pacific Kansas CityCP

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Icahn EnterprisesIEP

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Segments

By segment

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Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company$700M+8.4%

Manufacturing Businesses$344M+20.7%

Pilot Travel Centers LLC$47M-34.7%

Service And Retailing Businesses$26M-3.7%

Mc Lane Company$8M+14.3%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$93.7B+4.4%

Net income$10.1B+120%

EPS (diluted)$4.68+120%

Balance sheet

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Total debt$6.3B+4.9%

Total equity$727.18B+11.1%

Total assets$1.25T+7.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$10.4B-4.3%

CapEx$5.0B+16.5%

Free cash flow$5.5B-17.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.06T-10.0%

P/E14.7×+0.1×

P/S2.8×-0.4×

Profitability

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Net margin19.3%-2.5pp

FCF margin6.4%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.5%-2.7pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Berkshire Hathaway in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpense.

The official record: Berkshire Hathaway’s 10-Q, filed May 4, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense?: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) reported interest expense of $1.3B in Q1 2026.
How has Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense changed year-over-year?: Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense increased by 3.5% year-over-year, from $1.26B to $1.3B.
What is the long-term trend for Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Berkshire Hathaway's interest expense has grown at a 5.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.17B to $5.07B.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.