SWOT Analysis: Berkshire Hathaway Home Industry
Berkshire Hathaway “is a holding company that owns subsidiaries” like GEICO, Dairy Queen, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, and Duracell (Berkshire Hathaway Energy SWOT Analysis, 2016). For generations Berkshire Hathaway, has engaged in” transmission, storage, distribution and supply of energy operating in the US, the UK and Canada” (Berkshire Hathaway Energy SWOT Analysis, 2016). Berkshire is incorporated in the State of Delaware, and its Corporate Headquarters is located at 3555 Farnam Street, Omaha Nebraska 68131. In 2016 Berkshire Hathaway was ranked #4 on Fortune 500 and the company is represented on the stock market by the symbols NYSE: BRK.A. The company recorded revenues of $210,821 million during the financial year ended December 2015
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Inventories consist of manufactured goods and goods acquired for resale. Manufactured inventory costs include raw materials, direct and indirect labor, and factory overhead. Net sales for NYSE: BRK.A 2015 (as shown in Fig 1) was $210, 821 (in millions) and in 2014 was $194,673 (in millions), their total assets (as shown in Fig 2) for 2015 $552,257 (in millions) and in 2014 525,867 (in millions). Increased net sales produce a figure based on sales produced by NYSE: BRK.A and the cash it anticipates on return. Total assets symbolize present and future assets which equates total liabilities and equity stake currently held on the books by a firm's equity …show more content…
Being an employee of Berkshire Hathaway I receive profit sharing every year the company turns a profit of 10%, if 10% of my salary. The first 10% goes towards my retirement and the rest I can net, as a bonus. This is because Warren Buffet the CEO of NYSE:BRK.A believes in making employee’s “independently wealthy, by rewarding them for making the company profitable (Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 2015). After reviewing Berkshire’s SEC10-K I now have a better understanding of how revenue, sales, and property factor into the profit sharing I receive every year the company is profitable. I know have the tools necessary to analyze the company’s portfolio and financial
Inventories consist of manufactured goods and goods acquired for resale. Manufactured inventory costs include raw materials, direct and indirect labor, and factory overhead. Net sales for NYSE: BRK.A 2015 (as shown in Fig 1) was $210, 821 (in millions) and in 2014 was $194,673 (in millions), their total assets (as shown in Fig 2) for 2015 $552,257 (in millions) and in 2014 525,867 (in millions). Increased net sales produce a figure based on sales produced by NYSE: BRK.A and the cash it anticipates on return. Total assets symbolize present and future assets which equates total liabilities and equity stake currently held on the books by a firm's equity …show more content…
Being an employee of Berkshire Hathaway I receive profit sharing every year the company turns a profit of 10%, if 10% of my salary. The first 10% goes towards my retirement and the rest I can net, as a bonus. This is because Warren Buffet the CEO of NYSE:BRK.A believes in making employee’s “independently wealthy, by rewarding them for making the company profitable (Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 2015). After reviewing Berkshire’s SEC10-K I now have a better understanding of how revenue, sales, and property factor into the profit sharing I receive every year the company is profitable. I know have the tools necessary to analyze the company’s portfolio and financial