secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-045977
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524045977/0001193125-24-045977-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524045977/d795719d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-045977

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