Zacks Value Trader Highlights: Berkshire Hathaway

For Immediate ReleaseChicago, IL – January 28, 2025 – Zacks Value Trader is a podcast hosted weekly by Zacks Stock Strategist Tracey Ryniec. Every week, Tracey will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds and ETFs and how it impacts your life. To listen to the podcast, click here: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2404073/should-you-buy-berkshire-hathaways-stock-in-2025)(0:20) - Is It Still A Good Idea To Follow Warren Buffett’s Investment Strategy?(3:00) - Should You Be Buying Berskhire Hathaway’s Stock Right Now?(17:20) - Episode Roundup: BRK.B            Podcast@Zacks.comEvery week, Tracey Ryniec, the editor of Zacks Value Investor portfolio, shares some of her top value investing tips and stock picks.Over the years, Tracey has talked about Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.B) stock portfolio and the moves made by Warren Buffett in it. In 2024, things changed. Buffett sold off big chunks of Apple and Bank of America and has moved the money into cash.As of Sep 30, 2024, Berkshire Hathaway had a cash position of $325 billion, a new record high.That was up from $276.9 billion at the end of the second quarter. The company hasn't yet filed fourth quarter earnings and financials, so we don't yet know how much cash it had by the end of Q4.But between dividends and the treasury investments, the cash position will likely have grown again.Berkshire Hathaway's Valuation: Stretched or Not?In the first quarter of 2024, Berkshire Hathaway used $2 billion of its cash to buyback shares. While Berkshire Hathaway doesn't pay a dividend, Buffett has bought back shares when he has thought the shares were undervalued.In the second quarter, however, Berkshire Hathaway bought back just $345 million worth of shares. And by the third quarter, Berkshire Hathaway wasn't buying back ANY shares.Could it be valuation?Berkshire Hathaway is trading with a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.5. A stock is considered a value when it has a much lower P/E ratio, usually under 15.And if Buffett isn't buying more shares, should you be jumping in?Find out the answers to all your pressing Berkshire Hathaway questions on this week's podcast.Why Haven't You Looked at Zacks' Top Stocks?Since 2000, our top stock-picking strategies have blown away the S&P's +7.0 average gain per year. Amazingly, they soared with average gains of +44.9%, +48.4% and +55.2% per year.Today you can access their live picks without cost or obligation.See Stocks Free >>Tracey Ryniec is the Value Stock Strategist for Zacks.com. She is also the Editor of the Insider Trader and Value Investor services. 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