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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Zacks Equity Research
·3-min read

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) closed at $177.99 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.29% move from the prior day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.5%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.3%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.95%.

Heading into today, shares of the company had lost 4% over the past month, lagging the Finance sector's gain of 1.67% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.89% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from BRK.B as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect BRK.B to post earnings of $2.10 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 16%.

BRK.B's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $9.38 per share and revenue of $195.44 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -4.09% and -23.24%, respectively.

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Any recent changes to analyst estimates for BRK.B should also be noted by investors. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.

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The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. BRK.B is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).

Looking at its valuation, BRK.B is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 19.04. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 13.07.

Meanwhile, BRK.B's PEG ratio is currently 2.72. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Insurance - Property and Casualty industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 2.12 as of yesterday's close.

The Insurance - Property and Casualty industry is part of the Finance sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 183, which puts it in the bottom 28% of all 250+ industries.

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