Here's a daily update on the Berkshire Hathaway stock price for interested investors, plus some key data on BRK.B stock that's important to know. While we frequently give readers a more detailed Berkshire Hathaway stock price analysis, you can get a quick rundown of key BRK.B numbers here, for July 20, 2017. First, BRK.B shares closed up 0.52% or $0.89 from the day before. That brought the Berkshire Hathaway stock closing price to $171.20. Just looking at the Berkshire Hathaway stock price in a short time frame is not as helpful as looking at a year's worth of share price data, so let's do that... BRK.B is trading at a higher price than it was one-year ago, with shares higher by 16.53%.

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The Berkshire Hathaway stock price 52-week high is $177.86. That was hit on 3/02/2017. The BRK.B stock 52-week low is $141.92, reached on 10/13/2016. Another point to note - BRK.B trading volume yesterday was 2,599,800. That's more than Berkshire Hathaway stock's average daily trading volume of 1,997,509. Let's look at Berkshire Hathaway's market cap, which is shares outstanding multiplied by Berkshire Hathaway's share price. Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of 422,328,160,000. That means Berkshire Hathaway has a mega market cap, because it's over 200 billion. As of April 2016, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.

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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Berkshire Hathaway stock is 24.10. That's smaller than the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare BRK.B to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of BRK.B is 9.15. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Berkshire Hathaway is 0.88. Berkshire Hathaway stock does not pay a dividend right now. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. Money Morning gives you Berkshire Hathaway stock news daily. We publish new info on BRK.B and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is free.

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