Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) FY2008 results: revenue $107.8 billion, down 8.8% on the year
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) reported revenue of $107.8 billion for fiscal 2008, the year ended 31 December 2008, down 8.8% on the year before. Net income was $5.0 billion, down 62.2%. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 1 March 2010.
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The year in brief
Income statement (profit and loss)
| $ million | FY2008 | FY2007 | On the year | Last 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 107,786 | 118,245 | -8.8% | |
| Operating income | 7,574 | 20,161 | -62.4% | |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 17.1% | ||
| Pre-tax income | 7,574 | 20,161 | -62.4% | |
| Income tax | 1,978 | 6,594 | -70.0% | |
| Effective tax rate | 26.1% | 32.7% | ||
| Net income | 4,994 | 13,213 | -62.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 11.2% |
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Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.Cash flow
| $ million | FY2008 | FY2007 | On the year | Last 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 11,252 | 12,550 | -10.3% | |
| Capital expenditure | 6,138 | 5,373 | +14.2% | |
| Free cash flow | 5,114 | 7,177 | -28.7% | |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.7% | 6.1% | ||
| Cash from investing | -32,066 | -13,428 | ||
| Cash from financing | 2,286 | 1,366 | +67.3% | |
| Diluted shares, weighted | 2m | 2m | +0.2% |
Balance sheet
| $ million | FY2008 | FY2007 | On the year | Last 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 109,267 | n/a | ||
| Non-controlling interest | 4,440 | n/a | ||
| Other liabilities | 153,692 | n/a | ||
| Total liabilities and equity | 267,399 | n/a | ||
| Goodwill | 33,781 | n/a | ||
| Cash and equivalents | 25,539 | 44,329 | -42.4% | |
| Other assets | 208,079 | n/a | ||
| Total assets | 267,399 | n/a |
10-K for the year ended 31 December 2008, filed 1 March 2010: the filing.