secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-21-240173
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521240173/0001193125-21-240173-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521240173/d210269d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-240173

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