Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B)

Secondary decision view: valuation · portfolio context · the data you need before acting on a single-source signal.
Neutral

Berkshire Hathaway's valuation data is absent, leaving no clear anchor for a bullish or bearish view despite elevated implied volatility.

  • No valuation method is available (no current PE, PB, or PS), so the stock cannot be assessed on traditional metrics.
  • Implied volatility is 22.38%, ranking in the 90.5th percentile over the past year — a 'high' level that signals option premiums are expensive but does not imply a directional bias.
  • The alternative floor method has low confidence (0 valid floors) with warnings that standard P/B and dividend floors are unavailable, reinforcing the NEUTRAL stance.
Verdict bucket from deterministic rule (validation / floor distance / risk alerts). LLM narration only — never picks the bucket.

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VALUATION

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Floor Engine

Alt Method USD 487.77 Confidence low
BOOK VALUE medium
USD 505559.44
Book-value floor (financials; profitable banks shouldn't trade below book long-term)
Bank/insurance — historical P/B re-rated; fallback to book-value floor

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IMPLIED VOLATILITY

CURRENT IV 22.4% HV (30D) 13.3% IV RANK (1Y) 90 HIGH
IV vs HV · last 1 year

Earnings Reactions

BRK-B
8 earnings events · last 2 years
Avg Gap%
-1.13%
Avg Day%
-1.97%
Up Hit Rate
38%
Next Earnings · est.
2026-08-01
in 52d
24-08
24-11
25-02
25-05
25-08
25-11
26-02
26-05
Bar height = |Gap%| normalized to the period max. Green = up, red = down.
Date Time EPS Surprise Gap% Day% Week%
2026-05-02 BMO 5.26 +4.2% +0.00% -0.95% +1.38%
2026-02-28 BMO 4.73 -8.5% -1.92% -4.91% -1.53%
2025-11-01 BMO 6.25 +9.0% +0.41% -0.39% +4.07%
2025-08-02 BMO 5.17 +2.7% -1.01% -2.90% -1.72%
2025-05-03 BMO 4.47 -5.4% -3.65% -5.12% -4.72%
2025-02-22 BMO 6.73 +60.7% +0.99% +4.11% +6.55%
2024-11-02 BMO 4.68 -11.3% -0.39% -2.18% +3.37%
2024-08-03 BMO 5.38 +12.8% -3.49% -3.42% +0.47%

Is Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) overvalued right now?

Whether Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) is overvalued depends on the lens you use: trailing P/E vs its own history, CAPE vs the broader market, earnings yield vs Treasury yields. We surface all three so you don't have to pick one in isolation.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?

Selling cash-secured puts on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) — which option strategy fits your view?

If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) — is now a good entry?

Entry timing on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) (BRK-B) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.

FAQ

Why does BRK-B show different P/E numbers on different sites?

Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.

Does this page show BRK-B's implied volatility?

Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.

How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's BRK-B page?

Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.