Berkshire Hathaway BRK-B
NYSE BRK-B
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) Dividends Paid - Common (2013 - 2016)

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) posted quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of -$1.0 million for Q4 2016, up 98.36% year-over-year from -$504132.2 in Q1 2016, and down 200.0% quarter-over-quarter from $1.0 million in Q3 2016.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) Dividends Paid - Common (2013 - 2016) Analysis & Trends

Berkshire Hathaway's Dividends Paid - Common history runs 4 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.0 million for Q4 2016.

  • In Q4 2016, Dividends Paid - Common rose 98.36% year-over-year to -$1.0 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2016 stood at $2.0 million (down 80.0% YoY), while the FY2016 annual figure was $2.0 million, down 80.0% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q4 2016 stood at -$1.0 million, down from $1.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Dividends Paid - Common was $2.3 billion in Q2 2013, with the low at -$61.0 million in Q4 2015.
  • The 4-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $1.0 million (2013), against an average of $275.5 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2014 and 2015: Dividends Paid - Common tumbled 5800.0% in 2014, then jumped 2600.0% in 2015.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Dividends Paid - Common stood at $1.0 million in 2013, then sank by 5800.0% to -$57.0 million in 2014, then retreated by 7.02% to -$61.0 million in 2015, then surged by 98.36% to -$1.0 million in 2016.
  • Business Quant data shows BRK-B's Dividends Paid - Common at -$1.0 million in Q4 2016, $1.0 million in Q3 2016, and $1.0 million in Q2 2016.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr)
1 Berkshire Hathaway 1,068.88 Bn 741.90 Bn 55.86 Bn -
2 Sun Life Financial 43.75 Bn 32.52 Bn - -407.01 Mn
3 American International 40.40 Bn 2.58 Bn 3.50 Bn 263.00 Mn
4 Hartford Insurance 37.18 Bn 20.87 Bn 3.18 Bn 165.00 Mn
5 Arch Capital 34.10 Bn 32.99 Bn 2.47 Bn -
6 Aegon 28.00 Bn 28.00 Bn - -
7 Pelagos Insurance Capital 2.03 Bn 1.58 Bn 357.40 Mn 39.10 Mn
8 Exzeo 1.50 Bn 1.36 Bn 36.84 Mn -
9 International General Insurance Holdings 1.15 Bn 917.64 Mn -5.60 Mn -
10 Waterdrop 359.74 Mn 230.42 Mn 109.06 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2016 -1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -61.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -61.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 27.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 27.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 43.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 43.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -57.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 1.00 Mn