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2/10/2012 11:33 AM

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

A holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities, including property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services.

Current Price $78.55 Mkt Cap $176.96B
Open $78.85 P/E Ratio 22.30
Prev. Close $79.20 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $78.50 - $79.28 Volume 1,822,375
52-Wk Range $65.35 - $87.65 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Wall Street

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0 Underperform
 

Top BRK-B Bull/Bear Pitches

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TMFBWItime (78.83)
Submitted September 26, 2011

Do hipsters wear tight pants, is The Lion King the best Disney movie, does Buffet crush markets? Some questions need not be answered.

georcole (87.18)
Submitted September 17, 2011

I hate to do this to Warren, but signs point that way. We can all understand that it gets harder to invest, and get the growth numbers that you used to, when the company gets too big. Warren himself has said it. There is also the old saying "The… More

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Member Avatar buyn2hold (< 20) Submitted: 2/3/2012 8:16:54 PM : Outperform Start Price: $79.50 BRK-B Score: -1.46

As the stock market improves, so should the stock purchases made by BRK over the last few years. This will show up in the book value, triggering the buy-back limit set by Buffett if the stock lags the market.

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Member Avatar MontyBoland51 (26.68) Submitted: 2/3/2012 1:45:20 PM : Outperform Start Price: $78.90 BRK-B Score: -0.58

# 1 - new investment managers todd combs and Ted weschler. # 2 - as the economy recovers, Berkshire's various businesses will do an exceptional job in terms of profit.

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Member Avatar bobcham (< 20) Submitted: 2/1/2012 5:03:27 PM : Outperform Start Price: $78.59 BRK-B Score: -1.42

Warren Buffet - great stable of companies. Great valuation

Leaderboard

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Score Leader

netherbrad

netherbrad (28.21) Score: +68.63

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in BRK-B.

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Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
Index
Gain
Score Commentary
upbatter < 20 10/22/2008 Underperform 5Y $79.14 -0.75% +48.38% +49.13 0 Comment
jimyv35 67.96 11/6/2008 Underperform 3M $75.90 +3.49% +50.12% +46.64 0 Comment
roncrlc8 81.30 10/28/2008 Underperform 3W $70.60 +11.26% +56.85% +45.60 0 Comment
basketballchess 93.97 11/3/2008 Underperform 1Y $76.00 +3.35% +42.17% +38.82 0 Comment
mikep757 < 20 11/10/2008 Underperform 1Y $73.02 +7.57% +44.73% +37.17 0 Comment
PrincessStorme 69.43 11/17/2008 Underperform 1Y $63.88 +22.96% +58.20% +35.24 1 Comment
wrc0585 < 20 1/21/2009 Underperform 1Y $58.14 +35.10% +68.07% +32.97 0 Comment
cwcj63 69.10 1/12/2009 Underperform NS $65.00 +20.84% +53.79% +32.94 0 Comment
dtlibra 30.33 12/19/2008 Underperform 3M $64.48 +21.81% +53.21% +31.40 0 Comment
dougtrvl888 < 20 3/4/2009 Underperform 1Y $48.66 +61.42% +91.82% +30.40 1 Comment

Wall Street

See what the Wall Street professionals think, according to their public statements and filings.

Player Name Player
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score End Date Commentary
TrackUltraLong 70.19 11/3/2011 Outperform NS $78.16 +0.49% +7.17% -6.67 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.02 3/24/2011 Outperform 3M $85.16 -3.80% +4.06% -7.87 5/2/2011 @ $81.92 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.02 8/9/2010 Outperform 3M $80.70 +8.15% +17.84% -9.69 2/28/2011 @ $87.28 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.15 7/13/2010 Outperform 3W $79.86 -1.65% +22.43% -24.08 0 Comment
TrackTobinSmith < 20 1/29/2010 Outperform 1Y $76.00 +3.35% +25.01% -21.66 0 Comment
TrackBerkowitz 97.25 8/24/2009 Outperform 1Y $66.85 +17.50% +30.47% -12.97 1 Comment
TrackPatDorsey 94.86 10/17/2008 Outperform 5Y $79.52 -1.22% +47.77% -49.00 0 Comment
TrackPabrai 82.32 6/9/2008 Outperform 1Y $85.70 -8.35% +1.58% -9.93 5 Comments
TrackChrisDavis 89.14 6/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $87.80 -10.54% -0.06% -10.48 1 Comment
TrackTomGayner 62.06 4/10/2008 Outperform NS $87.50 -10.23% +2.00% -12.23 1 Comment
TrackEveillard 96.02 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $89.46 -12.20% +5.49% -17.69 1 Comment
TrackFortune2008 22.36 12/14/2007 Outperform 1Y $95.08 -17.39% -3.92% -13.47 0 Comment
TrackMuhlenkamp < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -0.62% -7.81% +7.19 7 Comments
TrackDodgeCox 93.96 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -0.62% -7.81% +7.19 3 Comments
TrackPabrai 82.32 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 +19.84% -4.17% +24.01 12/31/2007 @ $94.72 1 Comment
TrackChuckAkre 80.83 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -0.62% -7.81% +7.19 7 Comments
TrackWWeitz 95.06 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -0.62% -7.81% +7.19 6 Comments
TrackJohnRogers 50.71 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 +0.82% -33.35% +34.18 6/30/2010 @ $79.69 6 Comments
TrackBerkowitz 97.25 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -25.86% -40.90% +15.04 5/28/2009 @ $58.60 5 Comments
TrackWinters 83.63 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -0.62% -7.81% +7.19 5 Comments
TrackVanDenBerg 95.01 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $79.04 -39.25% -49.07% +9.82 2/23/2009 @ $48.02 1 Comment
TrackJHoenig < 20 8/17/2007 Outperform 3W $78.96 -0.52% -2.34% +1.82 0 Comment
TrackWayneRogers < 20 7/13/2007 Outperform 3M $73.56 +6.78% -8.83% +15.61 0 Comment
TrackFortune2006 41.52 1/3/2006 Outperform 1Y $59.30 +32.46% +13.42% +19.04 0 Comment

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