Berkshire Hathaway Inc. operates in the Fire, marine, and casualty insurance sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Berkshire Hathaway Inc. with three other
insurance companies in North America:
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
(2018
sales of $226.25 billion
of which 81%
was Health Care Services),
Axa SA
($126.87 billion
of which 34%
was Operating Segments Europe), and
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China Ltd
($164.98 billion
of which 43%
was Life and health insurance).
Sales Analysis.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported sales of $247.84 billion
for the
year ending
December of 2018.
This
represents
an
increase of 2.7%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were $241.42 billion.
Sales at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 38%).
Sales of Manufacturing Businesses saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
22.7% in 2018, from
$50.45 billion to $61.88 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. also saw significant increases in sales in
Service and Retailing (up 10.0% to $28.94 billion)
and
Bnsf (up 11.5% to $23.86 billion)
and
Berkshire Hathway Energy Company (up 5.5% to $19.99 billion)
.
Not all segments of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Reconciliation fell 82.1% to $250.00 million.
(However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. also experienced decreases in sales in
Insurance Group (down 3.9% to $62.94 billion)
.