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Earnings yield at other companies

Howmet Aerospace logo
Howmet AerospaceHWM
1.9%-0.5pp
W.R. Berkley logo
W.R. BerkleyWRB
7.6%+1.1pp
Canadian Pacific Kansas City logo
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityCP
5.8%-0.1pp
Progressive logo
ProgressivePGR
10%+4.7pp
Sherwin-Williams logo
Sherwin-WilliamsSHW
3.3%+0.2pp
Union Pacific logo
Union PacificUNP
5%+0.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$93.7B+4.4%
Net income$10.1B+120%

Balance sheet

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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/E14.6×+0.1×
P/S2.8×-0.3×

Profitability

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Net margin19.3%-2.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.5%-2.7pp
Debt / equity0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Berkshire Hathaway’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 earnings yield?
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) reported earnings yield of 7% in Q1 2026.
How has Berkshire Hathaway's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Berkshire Hathaway's earnings yield decreased by 0.4% year-over-year, from 7% to 7%.
What is the long-term trend for Berkshire Hathaway's earnings yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Berkshire Hathaway's earnings yield has grown at a -37.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 65.1% to 25.3%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.