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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-240173"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T17:52:13.679529+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Q2 operating earnings $6.7B, up 21% YoY; $6B in buybacks

## Summary
- Net earnings of $28.1B (Class A $18,488/share); operating earnings $6.7B vs $5.5B in Q2 2020.
- Railroad/utilities/energy segment earned $2.3B (up 28% YoY); insurance underwriting $376M (down 53% YoY).
- Share repurchases totaled $6.0B in Q2, $12.6B in first six months of 2021.
- Insurance float rose to ~$142B at June 30, up $4B since year-end 2020.
- GAAP investment gains of $21.2B in Q2 include $21.0B unrealized; company calls GAAP net figures 'extremely misleading'.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-240173
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521240173/0001193125-21-240173-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521240173/d210269d8k.htm

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