Berkshire Hathaway – Repurchase Program

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A). Last Market Price: 105989, Change: +5,669.00, % Change: (5.65%). Shares trade in the range of 103,373.00 – 106,120.00 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 175.39B dollars, making it a Large Cap Stock and has 1.65M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 0.47, indicating, the stock to be less volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 7457.71; P/E of 14.21. It operates in Financial sector and belongs to Insurance (Prop. and Casualty) industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 10%. The company has a 52 week high of $ 131,463.00 and a 52 week low of $ 98,952.00. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 643. Volume traded in the last session was at 745, 1.16 times the average volume.

• Berkshire Hathaway to repurchase Class A and Class B shares of Berkshire at prices no higher than a 10% premium over the then-current book value of the shares

For Q2 (Jun ’11), It had a Net profit margin of 9.25%, an Operating margin of 13.76%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 3.74%, Return on average equity of 8.48%. The organization has an employee strength of 260,000

Consensus Recommendation is a Outperform.

Estimate for sales for the Quarter Ending Sep-11 show a mean of 36,606.00 million dollars, an estimate high of 36,606.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 36,606.00 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 33,706.60 million dollars.

Estimate for sales for the Quarter Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 36,682.00 million dollars, an estimate high of 36,682.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 36,682.00 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 33,590.30 million dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Quarter Ending Sep-11 show a mean of 1,847.00 dollars, an estimate high of 2,040.00 dollars and an estimate low of 1,620.00 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 1,739.38 dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Quarter Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 1,865.67 dollars, an estimate high of 2,030.00 dollars and an estimate low of 1,760.00 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 1,723.17 dollars.

Sales for Quarter Ending Jun-11 was estimated at 37,464.00 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 38,274.00 million dollars, 810 million dollars more than estimates.

Sales for Quarter Ending Mar-11 was estimated at 34,165.00 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 33,720.00 million dollars, 445 million dollars less than estimates.

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