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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Return on Equity (2018 - 2025)

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Return on Equity over the past 11 years, most recently at 0.07% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.07% for Q4 2025, down 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.07% (down 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.1%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.07% at Berkshire Hathaway, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for BRK-A hit a ceiling of 0.23% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 0.05% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.1% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: fell -23bps in 2022 and later rose 16bps in 2023.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity stood at 0.18% in 2021, then crashed by -128bps to 0.05% in 2022, then soared by 313bps to 0.11% in 2023, then increased by 1bps to 0.11% in 2024, then crashed by -31bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.07% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.