berkshire_reported_vs_cash
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-30, from warren-buffett-index-put-trade.
| year_end_date | year_label | reported_net_income_bn | operating_cash_flow_bn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-31 | 2015 | 24.41 | 31.49 |
| 2016-12-31 | 2016 | 24.43 | 32.65 |
| 2017-12-31 | 2017 | 45.35 | 45.73 |
| 2018-12-31 | 2018 | 4.32 | 37.4 |
| 2019-12-31 | 2019 | 81.79 | 38.69 |
| 2020-12-31 | 2020 | 43.25 | 39.77 |
| 2021-12-31 | 2021 | 90.95 | 39.43 |
| 2022-12-31 | 2022 | -22 | 37.35 |
| 2023-12-31 | 2023 | 97.15 | 49.2 |
| 2024-12-31 | 2024 | 89.56 | 30.59 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year_end_date |
date | 2015-12-31 to 2024-12-31 | |
year_label |
text | 10 distinct values (2015, 2016, 2017…) | |
reported_net_income_bn |
number | -22 to 97.15 | |
operating_cash_flow_bn |
number | 30.59 to 49.2 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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SELECT
toString(period_end) AS year_end_date,
toString(toYear(period_end)) AS year_label,
round(argMax(net_income, (filing_date, period_end)) / 1e9, 2) AS reported_net_income_bn,
round(argMax(net_cash_from_operating_activities, (filing_date, period_end)) / 1e9, 2) AS operating_cash_flow_bn
FROM global_markets.stocks_cash_flow_statements
WHERE hasAny(tickers, ['BRK.A', 'BRK.B', 'BRK-A', 'BRK-B'])
AND timeframe = 'annual'
AND period_end >= '2015-01-01'
GROUP BY period_end
ORDER BY period_end
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