Financial Tables
The data in these tables is taken from our collection of Berkshire Hathaway's annual reports which dates back to 1989. The data comes from the Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statements, and from the Tables in the Business Segments Data.
This Table compares Berkshire's purchases and sales of equity securities and shows the annual balance of purchases or sales. These figures are taken from the Cash Flow Statements. It also lists realized capital gains for each year covered.
This table compares after-tax operating income each year with capital gains, and shows that while Buffett says the gains are not predictive of future results, they have been an important source of cash for investments.
3. Pre-tax Operating Earnings
his table is a 20 year history of pre-tax earnings for Berkshire' operating businesses With Underwriting Gain and Investment Income listed for the Insurance Business, and compared to the pre-tax Income of Berkshires other operating businesses.
4.
Acquisitions
1986-2006
This is a list companies that Berkshire has purchased since 1986. The total cash spent on purchases of subsidiaries in the last 20 years is $31.6 billion.
5. Cash Flow
For the purpose of this table cash flow is defined as after-tax earnings plus the increase in float.
6. Capital Expenditures of Operating Businesses
This table lists the Capital Expenditures of Berkshire's operating businesses, and shows these expenses as a percentage of pre-tax income. It is interesting that Berkshire has spent more money on this internal expansion in the last two years ($6.76 billion) than it did in the previous 18 years ($6.23 billion). The $4.6 billion spent last year is more than Berkshire has spent on acquisitions in any year except 2006.
7. Spending on Investments
Berkshires total spending on Investments.
8. Two Column Valuation Method
This table calculates Berkshire's Intrinsic value by
using the "Two Column" approach as mentioned by Buffett
in the 1999 Annual Report
