Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B): Today's Featured Insurance Winner
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Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm primarily engages in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business. Berkshire Hathaway was founded in 1889 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of $94.15 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
TheStreet Ratings rates Berkshire Hathaway as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, solid stock price performance and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
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On the negative front,
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