Berkshire Hathaway PE ratio BRK-B

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 13.6×
10-year median: 14.5×
Against its 10-year history: 46th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.1× to 135×
Peer median: 13.9×

Berkshire Hathaway's PE ratio is 13.6× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $542.19 against $39.77 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 14.5×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.1× in Mar 2020 to 135× in May 2019.

The median for 10 financial stocks of a similar size is 13.9×.

PE ratio over time

median 14.5×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	13.6×	12.5×	16.2×
2025	15.9×	8.9×	17.2×
2024	9.2×	9.1×	15.1×
2023	10.1×	8.3×	101×
2022	57.4×	7.2×	60.2×
2021	8.0×	6.1×	16.1×
2020	15.4×	5.1×	52.5×
2019	20.6×	7.8×	135×
2018	8.0×	7.6×	28.7×
2017	26.2×	16.7×	26.2×
2016	17.3×	13.7×	17.5×
2015	14.3×	14.0×	19.6×
2014	18.0×	14.5×	18.1×
2013	15.3×	14.8×	19.0×
2012	16.5×	15.8×	19.6×
2011	16.3×	15.6×	16.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway	13.6×
JPMJPMorgan Chase	13.9×
VVisa	34.7×
MAMastercard	34.3×
BACBank of America	12.0×
MSMorgan Stanley	14.2×
GSGoldman Sachs	12.6×
WFCWells Fargo	11.6×
AXPAmerican Express	17.6×
CCitigroup	11.8×
BLKBlackRock	n/m
Peer median	13.9×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.