secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-033393
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 surge 71% to $14.5B; FY operating earnings $47.4B
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- Q4 operating earnings $14.5B vs $8.5B YoY; insurance-underwriting contributed $3.4B (up from $0.8B).
- FY2024 operating earnings $47.4B vs $37.4B; insurance-investment income rose to $13.7B.
- Net earnings (incl. investment gains/losses) $89.0B vs $96.2B; per Class A share $61,900 vs $66,412.
- Berkshire repurchased $2.9B of stock in 2024; insurance float at $171B (+$2B).
- Company cautions that GAAP net earnings figures are usually meaningless due to unrealized gains/losses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312525033393/0001193125-25-033393-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312525033393/d935582d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-033393

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