---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-045977"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T14:28:27.188439+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Q4 operating earnings $8.48B, up 28% YoY; $2.2B in buybacks

## Summary
- Q4 operating earnings $8,481M vs $6,625M YoY; full-year $37,350M vs $30,853M.
- GAAP net earnings $37.6B in Q4 ($26,043/Class A share) driven by $29.1B investment gains.
- Repurchased $2.2B of shares in Q4, totaling $9.2B for full-year 2023.
- Insurance float $169B at Dec 31, 2023, up $5B from year-end 2022.
- Includes ~$2.4B remeasurement gain from increasing stake in Pilot Travel Centers to 80%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-045977
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1067983/000119312524045977/0001193125-24-045977-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524045977/d795719d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC reported the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: net income $37,574 million (Q4 2023) and $96,223 million (full year 2023), EPS $26,043 per Class A share ($17.36 per Class B share) for Q4 2023; $66,412 per Class A share ($44.27 per Class B share) f.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Net income: $37,574 million (Q4 2023) and $96,223 million (full year 2023)
  - EPS: $26,043 per Class A share ($17.36 per Class B share) for Q4 2023; $66,412 per Class A share ($44.27 per Class B share) f
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 24, 2024, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. issued a press release announcing the Company’s earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524045977/0001193125-24-045977-index.htm

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