Analyst Endorses Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B)

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has picked up a new analyst and new coverage. Very few analysts cover the stock due to its share price and its holding company model.  Keefe Bruyette & Woods, also called KBW on the Street, has initiated coverage of the stock with an “Outperform” rating.

The target on the stock is $107,000.00 for the “A” shares.  KBW believes that Warren Buffett and friends have high quality businesses which also have solid long-term growth prospects. The analyst also noted the $25 billion cash stockpile and noted that the derivatives and investment losses have not dented its balance sheet compared to most companies throughout the fallout we have seen.

The research call even noted that it is one of the few financially sound companies after the financial meltdown hurt so many peers and so many others directly and indirectly tied.

On the prospects side, KBW noted that Buffett’s investment opportunities may be better now than they have been in years and years.

Today’s price target leaves almost 25% upside if it gets hit.

Jon C. Ogg
June 29, 2009

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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