Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) earnings on August 10, 2026
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Prior outlook: No statistical edge
Volatly's outlook before the earnings on August 10, 2026: No statistical edge.
BRK-B price around the earnings
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Mixed outlook, recent earnings boost already priced in
The company recently reported better-than-expected earnings, which has already been reflected in the price. While the stock has a solid history of beating expectations, the recent positive surprise may have used up the potential for further gains from this event.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Mixed contexts, no clear direction
- Reasoning
- The setup is muted: the stock has weak recent price trend strength and very low expected price swings, even though analysts see some upside and earnings history is decent. The technical weakness is the main factor, leading to a neutral outlook.
- Playbook
- The stock shows little price movement recently and the market expects a very small change around earnings. This suggests a quiet event with limited surprise potential.
- Trend
- Expert views flat to slightly negative
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Analysts have a target price of $520, citing a 6% above the current price, though based on limited coverage.
Evidence
- Analysts covering the stock
- 3
- Average price target
- 520.33
- Lowest price target
- 481
- Highest price target
- 570
- Upside to price target
- 6%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 119.6%
- Revenue growth
- 4.4%
- Forward EPS
- 21.51
- Trailing EPS
- 33.67
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 0
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 2
- Hold
- 2
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Neutral
There is limited news or social media data to assess external sentiment.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mentions
- 0
News
There is no news coverage available for this event.
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock has weak short-term trend strength, falling slightly over the past two weeks, and has underperformed the S&P 500.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 1.2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -4.5%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -0.9%
- 30-day change (30d)
- -0.4%
- 30-day relative strength
- -1.0%
- SPY change (30d)
- +0.6%
- Nearest support
- 490.92
- Nearest resistance
- 493.08
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.83
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +1.8%
- May 2, 2026: actual EPS 5.26 vs estimate 5.05 (surprise +4.2%)
- February 28, 2026: actual EPS 4.73 vs estimate 5.17 (surprise -8.5%)
- November 1, 2025: actual EPS 6.25 vs estimate 5.73 (surprise +9.0%)
- August 2, 2025: actual EPS 5.17 vs estimate 5.04 (surprise +2.7%)
Expected move
Drivers
-
Past earnings
Neutral
The company has beaten earnings 75% of the time, but the average surprise is only 1.8%, indicating modest beats.
- Implied move
- +0.9%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 1.2%
- 75th percentile move
- 3%
- 90th percentile move
- 4.2%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 10
- Average up move
- +1.2%
- Average down move
- -2.5%
Monitoring and close
What Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 6.03 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 5.13 |
| EPS surprise | +17.5% |
Berkshire Hathaway's quarterly profit more than doubled on investment gains and strong industrial and retail results. Shares rose 1.3%. Outlook optimistic.
Sources (1)
- Earnings per share: $6.03 vs $5.13 expected — above expectations. — Yahoo Finance
Pre-market second reading after the results
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