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

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) has 17 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 1.59% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 308.0% year-over-year to 1.59%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.59%, down 308.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.36%, 35.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 1.59% in Q4 2025 per BRK-B's latest filing, up from 4.64% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 6.98% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 4.64% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.95%, with a median of 0.22% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: skyrocketed 652bps in 2021, then crashed -755bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.23% in 2021, then soared by 995bps to 2.53% in 2022, then plummeted by -92bps to 0.19% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 671bps to 1.49% in 2024, then crashed by -207bps to 1.59% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 1.59% in Q4 2025, 4.64% in Q3 2025, and 0.74% in Q2 2025.