Subject: Re: Warren Buffett To No Longer Be CEO
As of market close on 5/2/2025:...
A few more numbers
Total assets: $1,164,532 million
Shareholders' Equity: $654,471 million
Leverage: 1.779 (for comparison, average 2013-2017 was 2.204)
Shares outstanding: 1,438,223 (Latest statements, March 31)
Shares outstanding: 1,438,223 (Latest figure, April 21)
Book per share: $455,055
Float: $172,923 million
Trailing four quarters Revenue Net Profit
BNSF $23,389 $5,102
BHE 21,779 4,110
Manufacturing/service/retail 14,158 (includes Pilot and non-controlled businesses)
Investment income (dividends+interest) 13,965
Total of four items above 37,335
Underwriting profit 7,758
Cyclically adjusted underwriting profit 1,830 (average of typical % of float and typical % of premiums earned)
US share of global GDP: 26.4% (#2 is China at 16.96%)
US share of global listed company profits: 55%
US weight in MSCI All-World Country Index: 62.59% (#2 is Japan at 4.97%)
US share of global equity market cap: ~70%
Latest CPI: 319.615 (March)
Latest MCT inflation rate TTM: 2.99% (March figure; April should be out imminently)
US dollar index: 100.04