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Berkshire Hathaway forward PE BRK-B

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2006.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
24.7×
10-year median
22.4×
Against its 10-year history
90th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
17.7× to 29.0×
Peer median
13.3×

Berkshire Hathaway's forward PE is 24.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 22.4×, higher than on 90% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 17.7× in Nov 2016 to 29.0× in Mar 2022.

The median for 10 financial stocks of a similar size is 13.3×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far24.7×22.0×24.7×
202523.2×21.8×25.8×
202422.7×20.7×24.7×
202320.3×19.0×21.6×
202220.3×19.6×29.0×
202125.7×22.0×26.1×
202022.4×18.2×24.4×
201924.0×19.1×24.0×
201821.1×20.0×25.7×
201723.0×20.1×23.1×
201620.9×16.7×21.2×
201517.5×17.1×19.5×
201419.5×17.8×19.6×
201319.6×17.6×20.4×
201216.6×15.2×17.5×
201115.2×13.8×20.5×
201019.0×0.1×19.7×
20090.1×0.0×0.1×
20080.0×0.0×0.0×
20070.0×0.0×0.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial Services nearest Berkshire Hathaway's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway24.7×
JPMJPMorgan Chase13.2×
VVisa28.2×
MAMastercard29.3×
BACBank of America10.3×
MSMorgan Stanley13.4×
GSGoldman Sachs12.1×
WFCWells Fargo10.5×
AXPAmerican Express16.8×
CCitigroup9.9×
BLKBlackRock17.9×
Peer median13.3×

Where Berkshire Hathaway ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.