Berkshire Hathaway (TSE:BRK) Reaches New 52-Week High – Here’s Why

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (TSE:BRK – Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday. The stock traded as high as C$42.27 and last traded at C$42.27, with a volume of 132,668 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$42.05.

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Performance

The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$37.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$36.27. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.64 trillion, a PE ratio of 19.32 and a beta of 0.64.

About Berkshire Hathaway

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Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm’s core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the firms that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire’s largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR).

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