secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-250195
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524250195/0001193125-24-250195-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312524250195/d900981d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-250195

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