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

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) has 17 years of Return on Equity data on record, last reported at 0.39% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 58.0% year-over-year to 0.39%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.39%, down 58.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.14%, 13.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.39% in Q4 2025 per BRK-B's latest filing, up from 0.4% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.26% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.4% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.16% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: rose 20bps in 2021, then tumbled -60bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.22% in 2021, then crashed by -133bps to 0.07% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 274bps to 0.12% in 2023, then surged by 54bps to 0.19% in 2024, then plummeted by -305bps to 0.39% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Equity were 0.39% in Q4 2025, 0.4% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.