Berkshire Hathaway Q3 operating earnings -6% Y/Y, cash at $377.4B
At a glance
- $BRK-B today−0.25%last $570.89
- 52-week range2.6% below high$464.01 – $586.30
- In the headline$377.4 billionAmount
- Coverage10 this week23 in 30 days · 1.9× its usual pace
- Next upToday$BRK-B earnings
- Sector scannerCalmFinancials
What it means
- What to watch: The headline hangs on one number (6%) — one data point is a snapshot, so the trailing trend is the context it needs.
- How the stock is trading: $BRK-B -0.25% in the latest session.
- Timing: It landed over the weekend, while the market was off the clock: the change beside it is Friday's, and Monday is the first session that could react. Market holidays are not detected.
Where the stock stands
$BRK-B last changed hands at $570.89, -0.25% on the session, 2.6% below its 52-week high of $586.30 and 23% above its low of $464.01 — in the upper part of the range. Over the year it has ranged 26% from low to high: a moderate band — it moves, but it rarely makes a scene. These are latest-session quotes, not live prices — the live tape is on the $BRK-B page.
How much coverage it is getting
Wook has logged 23 stories on $BRK-B in the last 30 days, 10 of them this week. At its 30-day pace you would expect about 5 a week, so this week is running well ahead of normal — something has the newsroom's attention. Across those stories the wording ran 48% bullish, 52% neutral and 0% bearish. This one reads neutral, so it sits in step with most of the run. 8 came from Seeking Alpha; the rest came from other outlets, so this is a story more than one newsroom is chasing. 12 related stories — same name or same desk — are lined up beside this one if you want the whole thread.
The bigger picture
Earnings stories turn less on the headline numbers than on how they compare with what analysts expected, and on guidance for next quarter. A beat with weak guidance can land worse than a miss with a raised outlook — markets grade on the curve. On Wook's supply-chain scanner, Financials reads calm today — no unusual stress in the filings and disclosures it watches. The scanner equivalent of a quiet night shift.
Coming up
$BRK-B earnings today. These were on the calendar before this story and are not caused by it, but the nearest is close enough that the next hard numbers on this company are almost here.
What to watch next
For the receipts, the $BRK-B page has the full chart, the filings and the valuation model these figures come from. Comparing how two or three outlets frame the same story is the fastest way to separate the facts from the angle. And Wook AI, up top, will happily do the math — how far $BRK-B sits from its high, or how this week's coverage stacks up.
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