Growth Metrics

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

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) has 17 years of Retained Earnings data on record, last reported at -$2.5 billion in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Retained Earnings rose 31.66% year-over-year to -$2.5 billion; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached -$2.5 billion, up 31.66%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$2.5 billion, 31.66% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings reached -$2.5 billion in Q3 2025 per BRK-B's latest filing, down from -$1.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $696.2 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$6.2 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is $253.8 billion, with a median of -$1.9 billion recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: tumbled 101.27% in 2022, then surged 9533.89% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $534.4 billion in 2021, then dropped by 4.36% to $511.1 billion in 2022, then grew by 18.83% to $607.4 billion in 2023, then rose by 14.63% to $696.2 billion in 2024, then crashed by 100.36% to -$2.5 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Retained Earnings were -$2.5 billion in Q3 2025, -$1.9 billion in Q2 2025, and -$3.1 billion in Q1 2025.