Growth Metrics

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Equity for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.08%.

  • Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity fell 400.0% to 0.08% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.08%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.12% for FY2024, which is 500.0% down from last year.
  • As of Q3 2025, Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity stood at 0.08%, which was down 400.0% from 0.07% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity registered a high of 0.23% during Q1 2021, and its lowest value of 0.05% during Q4 2022.
  • In the last 5 years, Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity had a median value of 0.11% in 2023 and averaged 0.1%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity skyrocketed by 2100bps in 2021, and later tumbled by -2300bps in 2022.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Berkshire Hathaway's Return on Equity stood at 0.18% in 2021, then crashed by -125bps to 0.05% in 2022, then surged by 335bps to 0.11% in 2023, then grew by 1bps to 0.11% in 2024, then dropped by -29bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Equity was 0.08% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.07% in Q2 2025 and 0.09% in Q1 2025.