---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-193776"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:58:12.348061+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Q2 operating earnings $11.6B (+15.5% YoY); net earnings $30.3B

## Summary
- Q2 2024 net earnings $30.3B vs $35.9B in Q2 2023, down 15.5% due to lower investment gains.
- Q2 operating earnings $11.6B, up from $10.0B in Q2 2023, a 15.5% increase.
- Insurance underwriting $2,263M in Q2 2024 vs $1,247M in Q2 2023; insurance investment income $3,320M vs $2,369M.
- Share repurchases: $345M in Q2 2024; total $2.9B in first six months of 2024.
- Insurance float at June 30, 2024: approximately $169B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-193776
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524193776/0001193125-24-193776-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524193776/d876927d8k.htm

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