Berkshire's per-share intrinsic value grew somewhat faster than book value over 37 years, and in 2001 it probably decreased less than book value.
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Reasoning
Intrinsic value is Buffett's unpublished estimate, not a public figure.
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Warren Buffett, “Berkshire's per-share intrinsic value grew somewhat faster than book value over 37 years, and in 2001 it probably decreased less than book value.” (said 28 February 2002). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_75dfb51baeca, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_75dfb51baeca
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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