5 Most Profitable Companies in the US

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

Trailing Twelve Month Net Income: $96.2 billion

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) is the investment holding company run by Berkshire Hathaway. April 2024 ended up generating quite a bit of controversy for the firm, as its real estate brokerage agreed to pay a $250 million fine due to allegations of inflated commissions.

For their fourth quarter of 2023 shareholdings, 117 out of the 933 hedge funds part of Insider Monkey’s database had bought and owned the firm’s shares. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A)’s largest hedge fund shareholder is Michael Larson’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust as it holds a $7.1 billion stake.

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