secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-113900
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Q1 operating earnings $9.64B, down 14% YoY; net earnings $4.6B on $5B investment loss
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- Operating earnings $9.64B vs $11.22B in Q1 2024, down 14% YoY.
- Insurance-underwriting earnings fell to $1.34B from $2.60B, down 48% YoY.
- Net earnings $4.60B including $5.04B after-tax investment losses (unrealized losses $7.4B pretax).
- Insurance float rose $2B to $173B; BNSF earnings $1.21B, BHE earnings $1.10B (up 53%).
- Annual meeting: all directors elected; all 7 shareholder proposals defeated.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312525113900/0001193125-25-113900-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312525113900/d910967d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-113900

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