secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-172579
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Q2 net earnings down to $12.4B from $30.3B; operating earnings flat at $11.2B
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- Net earnings $12,370M ($8,601/Class A share) vs $30,348M a year ago; includes $3.76B Kraft Heinz impairment.
- Operating earnings $11,160M, down 4% YoY from $11,598M; insurance-underwriting dipped 12% to $1,992M.
- Insurance investment income rose to $3,367M; BNSF earnings up 20% to $1,466M; manufacturing up 7%.
- Investment gains $4.97B (mostly realized) vs $18.75B in Q2 2024; float grew $3B to ~$174B.
- Foreign currency losses on non-USD debt totaled $877M in Q2, swinging from a $446M gain a year ago.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312525172579/0001193125-25-172579-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312525172579/d940849d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-172579

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