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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.68% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.68% for Q4 2025, down 16.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.68% (down 16.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.28%, up 8.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.68% at Berkshire Hathaway, up from 0.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for BRK-A hit a ceiling of 5.3% in Q2 2023 and a floor of 0.57% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.68% (2025), compared with a mean of 1.52%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: crashed -528bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 587bps in 2023.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Sales stood at 0.81% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 158bps to 2.08% in 2022, then tumbled by -67bps to 0.68% in 2023, then grew by 24bps to 0.84% in 2024, then dropped by -19bps to 0.68% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.68% (Q4 2025), 0.48% (Q3 2025), and 2.66% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.