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Silly question, but where does one find the actual book value for BRK?You can find it on finance.yahoo.com for example. However I prefer the DYI method:
1. Go to
Berkshire Hathaway: Reports, download and open the latest report.
2. Search for 'Berkshire Hathaway shareholders' equity' (page 3: $455,430 million)
3. Search for 'On an equivalent Class A common stock basis' to find the number of outstanding A shares at quarter end. (page 21: 1,466,045 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2022)
4. Divide the two numbers, reducing both by a million: 455,430 / 1.466045 =
310,652 book value per A share. Divide by 1500 for B shares: $207.10.
5. Check at Yahoo:
finance.yahoo.com - Key statisticsBook value: 310,560.19.
Close, but how did they arrive at that number, and how wrong could it be next time?
