---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-056259"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T16:56:08.653253+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Hathaway full-year 2022 net loss $22.8B; operating earnings rise to $30.8B

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to shareholders of $22.8B for 2022 vs profit of $89.8B in 2021; Q4 net earnings $18.2B.
- Operating earnings for 2022 were $30.8B, up from $27.5B in 2021; Q4 operating earnings $6.7B vs $7.3B.
- Investment and derivative losses of $53.6B for 2022, driven by unrealized losses on equity holdings; Q4 gains of $11.5B.
- Share repurchases totaled $7.9B in 2022, including $2.6B in Q4.
- Insurance float reached $164B at year-end, up $17B including $14B from Alleghany acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-056259
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523056259/0001193125-23-056259-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523056259/d305559d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC reported the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $ 18,164 $ 39,646 $ (22,819) $ 89,795, EPS $ 12,412 $ 26,690 $ (15,535) $ 59,460.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $ 18,164 $ 39,646 $ (22,819) $ 89,795
  - EPS: $ 12,412 $ 26,690 $ (15,535) $ 59,460
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 25, 2023, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. issued a press release announcing the Company’s earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523056259/0001193125-23-056259-index.htm

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