---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-250195"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:47:03.161759+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Hathaway Q3 net earnings $26.25B vs prior-year loss; operating earnings down 6%

## Summary
- Net earnings Q3 2024: $26.25B vs -$12.77B loss in Q3 2023; EPS Class A $18,272 vs -$8,824.
- Operating earnings Q3 2024: $10.09B vs $10.76B, down ~6% YoY.
- Insurance-underwriting profit fell to $750M from $2.42B; BHE profit tripled to $1.63B.
- Share repurchases of ~$2.9B in first nine months; insurance float rose $5B to $174B.
- Realized gains on investment sales: $18.4B after-tax in Q3; GAAP includes unrealized changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-250195
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524250195/0001193125-24-250195-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524250195/d900981d8k.htm

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