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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Retained Earnings over the past 17 years, most recently at -$2.4 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Retained Earnings at -$2.4 billion for Q4 2025, up 31.7% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$2.4 billion (up 31.7% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$2.4 billion, up 31.7%.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 was -$2.4 billion at Berkshire Hathaway, up from -$2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Retained Earnings for BRK-A hit a ceiling of $700.8 billion in Q1 2025 and a floor of -$8.2 billion in Q3 2022.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was -$2.2 billion (2025), compared with a mean of $262.7 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: plummeted 101.11% in 2021 and later soared 12558.3% in 2024.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Retained Earnings stood at $534.4 billion in 2021, then decreased by 4.36% to $511.1 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 100.74% to -$3.8 billion in 2023, then increased by 4.76% to -$3.6 billion in 2024, then soared by 31.7% to -$2.4 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were -$2.4 billion (Q4 2025), -$2.5 billion (Q3 2025), and -$1.9 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.