Growth Metrics

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 25.89% for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 25.89% for Q3 2025, up 1453.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Sep 2025 was 224.29% (up 5157.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 7.0%, up 76.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q3 2025 was 25.89% at Berkshire Hathaway, up from 1147.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for BRK-A hit a ceiling of 25.89% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 1552.96% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 88.39% (2021), compared with a mean of 563.31%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: surged 136589bps in 2022 and later crashed -152642bps in 2023.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Operating Margin stood at 88.39% in 2021, then plummeted by -207bps to 271.34% in 2022, then surged by 74bps to 71.33% in 2023, then soared by 43bps to 40.42% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 36bps to 25.89% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 25.89% (Q3 2025), 1147.15% (Q2 2025), and 1059.37% (Q1 2025) per Business Quant data.