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Wall Street Drivers beta

📊 Professional Investors(wallstreet) pay a lot of heed at these numbers, long term history matters - specially 9+ year trends
Score 7.0 / 10.0

  • revenue cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['6.5 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which grow >= 5% YoY, better than GDP growth of >= 2-3%
  • cashflows cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['2.65 is NOT greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which generate cashflows >= 5% YoY, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • shares outstanding cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['-1.48 is less than equal to 2']
  • mental_model: As a business owner equity is important, We want less dilution over years OR it should reduce so our share of business increases with time, less than 2% is ideal, >=10% is potentially bad be careful
  • debt cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['5.44 is NOT less than equal to 2']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business with lower debt growth
  • equity cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['9.85 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business having shareholder equity growth >= 5% YoY
  • leverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['3.26 is less than equal to 5', '3.26 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can pay their debts in less than 5 years using cashflows, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • interestRate average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.04 is less than equal to 0.05']
  • mental_model: We prefer lower interest rate than the current prevailing interest rates, we want long term debt profile too

Business Durability beta

🏰 Quality companies with moats show higher or stable trends, long term trends matters, Consistency is the Key
Score 5.0 / 10.0

  • margin cashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.11 wrt mean ratio: 0.145']
  • cash average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 253547333333.33 wrt mean ratio: 121268282051.282']
  • mental_model: We want stability on cash growth

Business Trends last 3 years beta

Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • capex running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.05 wrt mean ratio: 0.057']
  • cash running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.73 wrt mean ratio: 0.49']
  • mental_model: cash trend should be similar or greater to revenue, if company is heavily reinvesting it might be OK, but do check

Profits Matter beta

💰 Companies needs to have positive profits to reward its shareholders in the long term
Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • positive cashflows profits average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['39046000000.0 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We want to see positive cashflows profits for last 3 years, Profits determine Stock prices in the long term

Capital Allocation beta

🧠 Remember: Shareholders only gets rewarded if management does prudent capital allocation decisions
Score 8.0 / 10.0

  • capex to Cashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.46 wrt mean ratio: 0.396']
  • depreciation to capex running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is stable, last 3 year ratio: 0.67 wrt mean ratio: 0.654']
  • mental_model: Helps understand where the company is investing for the future, OR it has to replenish its assets to maintain business
  • cashToRevenue running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.73 wrt mean ratio: 0.49']
  • cashToEquity running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.45 wrt mean ratio: 0.339']
  • cashToCapex running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 14.13 wrt mean ratio: 8.588']

Business Performance beta

Score 8.0 / 10.0

  • Operating Leverage Cashflow cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [0.41] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 0.9, value_1: 2.65, value_2: 6.5']
  • debt cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [0.84] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 1, value_1: 5.44, value_2: 6.5']
  • cash cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [1.28] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 0.9, value_1: 12.57, value_2: 9.85']
  • debt-equity-cagr cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [0.55] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 1, value_1: 5.44, value_2: 9.85']
  • mental_model: We want debt to grow less than equity

Balance Sheet Quality beta

📈 Quality companies can withstand darkest hours, strong balance sheet is the key
Score 8.0 / 10.0

  • debtToCashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 3.26 wrt mean ratio: 2.832']
  • debtToEquity running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.22 wrt mean ratio: 0.294']
  • leverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['3.26 is less than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can pay their debts in less than 5 years
  • interestRate average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.04 is less than equal to 0.05']
  • mental_model: We prefer lower interest rate than the current prevailing interest rates, we want long term debt profile too

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1. Showing SPECIAL_REPORT report for BRK-B [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 503.46 as of 2025-05-24
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
BRK-B StockMarketPrice 453.28 356.66 308.90 299.00 231.87 226.50 204.18 198.22 162.98 132.04 150.15 118.56 89.70 76.30 80.11 65.72
BRK-B revenue 371.43B 364.48B 302.09B 276.20B 245.58B 254.62B 247.84B 242.14B 223.60B 210.94B 194.70B 182.15B 162.46B 143.69B 136.19B 112.49B
BRK-B cash 334.20B 297.86B 128.59B 146.72B 138.29B 128.00B 111.87B 150.75B 103.43B 143.46B 68.56B 53.94B 51.63B 41.09B 41.69B 0.0
BRK-B ppnenet 175.03B 177.62B 160.27B 155.53B 151.22B 137.84B 131.78B 128.18B 123.76B 120.28B 115.05B 102.48B 87.68B 82.21B 77.39B 0.0
BRK-B owner_earnings 17.74B 36.71B 26.45B 28.71B 29.18B 28.62B 27.62B 36.59B 23.75B 23.71B 24.64B 21.20B 14.80B 14.98B 17.89B 15.85B
BRK-B cashflow::operating 30.59B 49.20B 37.35B 39.43B 39.77B 38.69B 37.40B 45.78B 32.65B 31.49B 32.01B 27.70B 20.95B 20.48B 17.89B 15.85B
BRK-B grossincome 207.79B 195.20B 177.77B 162.06B 144.49B 147.57B 141.75B 137.79B 125.74B 123.91B 115.83B 105.10B 94.93B 83.85B 80.60B 59.85B
BRK-B marketcap 977.39B 776.89B 681.78B 669.47B 544.08B 553.88B 502.41B 489.13B 400.63B 325.49B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B ev 767.96B 613.08B 675.94B 637.01B 522.68B 529.25B 488.03B 454.05B 398.84B 266.31B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B ebitda 123.23B 132.65B -19.60B 122.58B 66.29B 112.76B 13.78B 33.03B 42.57B 42.73B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B equity 651.65B 567.51B 481.68B 514.93B 451.34B 428.56B 352.50B 351.95B 286.36B 258.63B 243.03B 224.49B 191.59B 168.96B 162.93B 0.0
BRK-B debt 124.76B 134.05B 122.74B 114.26B 116.89B 103.37B 97.49B 115.67B 101.64B 84.29B 80.21B 72.69B 62.74B 60.38B 58.57B 0.0
BRK-B interestRate 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 inf
BRK-B owner_earningsToInterest 3.41 7.34 6.08 6.88 7.15 7.23 7.17 6.78 6.35 6.75 7.57 7.57 8.48 8.80 11.35 13.47
BRK-B cashflow::operatingToInterest 5.88 9.83 8.58 9.45 9.74 9.77 9.71 8.49 8.73 8.96 9.84 9.89 12.01 12.02 11.35 13.47
BRK-B shares 2.16B 2.17B 2.20B 2.27B 2.39B 2.45B 2.47B 2.47B 2.47B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B shares_calc 2.16B 2.18B 2.21B 2.24B 2.35B 2.45B 2.46B 2.47B 2.46B 2.47B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B capex 18.98B 19.41B 15.46B 13.28B 13.01B 15.98B 14.54B 11.71B 12.95B 16.08B 15.19B 11.09B 9.78B 8.19B 5.98B 4.94B
BRK-B depreciation 12.86B 12.49B 10.90B 10.72B 10.60B 10.06B 9.78B 9.19B 8.90B 7.78B 7.37B 6.51B 6.15B 5.49B 0.0 0.0
BRK-B inventoryTurnover 6.33 6.67 5.93 5.94 5.09 5.61 6.11 6.63 8.21 8.50 7.93 7.96 7.52 8.43 7.83 inf
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

2. Vertical Data, ratio wrt to shares_calc for BRK-B [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 503.46 as of 2025-05-24
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
BRK-B StockMarketPrice
BRK-B revenue 172.26 167.33 136.87 123.36 104.66 104.12 100.72 98.13 90.96 85.57
BRK-B cash 154.99 136.74 58.26 65.53 58.94 52.34 45.46 61.09 42.08 58.20
BRK-B ppnenet 81.17 81.54 72.61 69.46 64.44 56.37 53.56 51.95 50.35 48.79
BRK-B owner_earnings 8.23 16.85 11.98 12.82 12.43 11.70 11.23 14.83 9.66 9.62
BRK-B cashflow::operating 14.19 22.59 16.92 17.61 16.95 15.82 15.20 18.55 13.28 12.77
BRK-B grossincome 96.37 89.61 80.54 72.38 61.58 60.35 57.61 55.84 51.15 50.27
BRK-B marketcap 453.28 356.66 308.90 299.00 231.87 226.50 204.18 198.22 162.98 132.04
BRK-B ev 356.15 281.46 306.25 284.50 222.75 216.43 198.34 184.00 162.25 108.04
BRK-B ebitda 57.15 60.90 -8.88 54.75 28.25 46.11 5.60 13.38 17.32 17.33
BRK-B equity 302.21 260.54 218.24 229.98 192.35 175.25 143.26 142.63 116.49 104.92
BRK-B debt 57.86 61.54 55.61 51.03 49.82 42.27 39.62 46.88 41.35 34.19
BRK-B shares 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.0
BRK-B shares_calc 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
BRK-B capex 8.80 8.91 7.01 5.93 5.55 6.53 5.91 4.74 5.27 6.52
BRK-B depreciation 5.96 5.73 4.94 4.79 4.52 4.12 3.97 3.72 3.62 3.16
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

3. Vertical Data, ratio wrt to revenue for BRK-B [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 503.46 as of 2025-05-24
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
BRK-B StockMarketPrice
BRK-B revenue 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
BRK-B cash 89.98% 81.72% 42.57% 53.12% 56.31% 50.27% 45.14% 62.26% 46.26% 68.01% 35.22% 29.61% 31.78% 28.59% 30.61% 0.0
BRK-B ppnenet 47.12% 48.73% 53.05% 56.31% 61.58% 54.14% 53.17% 52.94% 55.35% 57.02% 59.09% 56.26% 53.97% 57.22% 56.82% 0.0
BRK-B owner_earnings 4.78% 10.07% 8.76% 10.39% 11.88% 11.24% 11.14% 15.11% 10.62% 11.24% 12.66% 11.64% 9.11% 10.43% 13.14% 14.09%
BRK-B cashflow::operating 8.24% 13.50% 12.36% 14.27% 16.20% 15.19% 15.09% 18.91% 14.60% 14.93% 16.44% 15.21% 12.90% 14.25% 13.14% 14.09%
BRK-B grossincome 55.94% 53.56% 58.85% 58.68% 58.84% 57.96% 57.20% 56.91% 56.23% 58.74% 59.49% 57.70% 58.43% 58.35% 59.18% 53.20%
BRK-B marketcap 263.14% 213.15% 225.69% 242.38% 221.55% 217.54% 202.72% 202.01% 179.17% 154.30% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B ev 206.75% 168.21% 223.75% 230.63% 212.84% 207.86% 196.92% 187.52% 178.37% 126.25% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B ebitda 33.18% 36.39% -6.49% 44.38% 26.99% 44.29% 5.56% 13.64% 19.04% 20.25% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B equity 175.44% 155.70% 159.45% 186.43% 183.78% 168.32% 142.23% 145.35% 128.07% 122.61% 124.82% 123.24% 117.93% 117.59% 119.64% 0.0
BRK-B debt 33.59% 36.78% 40.63% 41.37% 47.60% 40.60% 39.34% 47.77% 45.46% 39.96% 41.20% 39.90% 38.62% 42.02% 43.01% 0.0
BRK-B shares 0.58% 0.60% 0.73% 0.82% 0.97% 0.96% 0.99% 1.02% 1.10% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B shares_calc 0.58% 0.60% 0.73% 0.81% 0.96% 0.96% 0.99% 1.02% 1.10% 1.17% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B capex 5.11% 5.33% 5.12% 4.81% 5.30% 6.28% 5.87% 4.84% 5.79% 7.62% 7.80% 6.09% 6.02% 5.70% 4.39% 4.39%
BRK-B depreciation 3.46% 3.43% 3.61% 3.88% 4.31% 3.95% 3.95% 3.79% 3.98% 3.69% 3.79% 3.57% 3.79% 3.82% 0.0 0.0
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

4. Vertical Data, ratio wrt to ppnenet for BRK-B [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 503.46 as of 2025-05-24
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
BRK-B StockMarketPrice
BRK-B revenue 212.21% 205.21% 188.49% 177.59% 162.40% 184.72% 188.07% 188.90% 180.68% 175.38% 169.22% 177.74% 185.28% 174.77% 175.98%
BRK-B cash 190.94% 167.70% 80.23% 94.33% 91.45% 92.86% 84.89% 117.60% 83.58% 119.27% 59.59% 52.63% 58.88% 49.97% 53.87%
BRK-B ppnenet 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
BRK-B owner_earnings 10.13% 20.67% 16.50% 18.46% 19.29% 20.77% 20.96% 28.54% 19.19% 19.71% 21.42% 20.68% 16.87% 18.23% 23.12%
BRK-B cashflow::operating 17.48% 27.70% 23.30% 25.35% 26.30% 28.07% 28.38% 35.71% 26.38% 26.18% 27.82% 27.03% 23.89% 24.91% 23.12%
BRK-B grossincome 118.72% 109.90% 110.92% 104.20% 95.55% 107.06% 107.57% 107.50% 101.60% 103.02% 100.67% 102.55% 108.26% 101.99% 104.15%
BRK-B marketcap 558.42% 437.40% 425.40% 430.44% 359.80% 401.83% 381.25% 381.58% 323.72% 270.61% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B ev 438.76% 345.17% 421.75% 409.58% 345.65% 383.97% 370.34% 354.22% 322.27% 221.41% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B ebitda 70.41% 74.68% -12.23% 78.81% 43.84% 81.81% 10.46% 25.76% 34.40% 35.52% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B equity 372.31% 319.51% 300.55% 331.08% 298.47% 310.92% 267.49% 274.57% 231.38% 215.02% 211.23% 219.05% 218.50% 205.51% 210.55%
BRK-B debt 71.28% 75.47% 76.59% 73.47% 77.30% 74.99% 73.98% 90.24% 82.13% 70.08% 69.71% 70.93% 71.55% 73.45% 75.69%
BRK-B shares 1.23% 1.22% 1.37% 1.46% 1.58% 1.78% 1.87% 1.92% 1.99% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B shares_calc 1.23% 1.23% 1.38% 1.44% 1.55% 1.77% 1.87% 1.93% 1.99% 2.05% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRK-B capex 10.84% 10.93% 9.65% 8.54% 8.60% 11.59% 11.03% 9.13% 10.47% 13.37% 13.20% 10.82% 11.15% 9.96% 7.73%
BRK-B depreciation 7.34% 7.03% 6.80% 6.89% 7.01% 7.30% 7.42% 7.17% 7.19% 6.47% 6.41% 6.35% 7.02% 6.68% 0.0
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)


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