Since the May 3 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in which Warren Buffett said it was time for him to start stepping back, the stock has suffered a steady decline. Technician Frank Cappelleri said Wednesday on CNBC’s ” Worldwide Exchange ” that the stock is “extremely oversold and that’s only happened a few times in the last few years, we’re about to see another rally.” Cappelleri, the founder of CappThesis, correctly called the stock’s 15% rise early this year. During that run-up, the S & P was flat and the XLF SPDR Financials ETF was up half as much as Berkshire Hathaway. Then the stock began to fall. Since the May high, the stock is down 12%. “When we’ve seen down patterns like we’ve seen recently in this stock, we have seen recoveries” he said. This all comes amid reports details on a recent Berkshire Hathaway investment will be revealed soon. “It all works together” said Cappelleri. “Whatever the investment is, there will be relief they’re putting that few hundred billion dollars to work and investors will react positively.” According to six analysts polled by FactSet, four have the stock rated as a hold and two a buy. The average price target is $787,396 which is 10% higher than where the stock traded Wednesday. Berkshire Hathaway now makes up more than 11% of the XLF, JPMorgan Chase is a close second. Over the last year, Cappelleri has seen a pattern showing an inverse relationship. When one stock ticks up, the other ticks down showing a pattern of investors favoring one or the other. BRK.A JPM 1Y mountain JP Morgan vs. Berkshire Hathaway. “One of the best times to buy this stock is when it pulls back to support levels, that’s happened numerous times since 2020 and we think it’s happening again now,” said Cappelleri.
