secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-085801
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Q4 operating earnings $10.2B vs $14.5B YoY; full-year impairments $8.3B
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- Q4 net earnings $19.2B ($13,349/Class A share) vs $19.7B YoY; full-year $67.0B vs $89.0B.
- Operating earnings fell to $10.2B (Q4) and $44.5B (FY) from $14.5B and $47.4B in 2024.
- Other-than-temporary impairments of $8.3B in 2025 on Kraft Heinz and Occidental investments.
- Insurance-underwriting profit dropped to $1.56B (Q4) and $7.26B (FY) from $3.41B and $9.02B.
- Insurance float rose $5B to $176B at Dec 31, 2025; BNSF operating earnings $1.35B (Q4).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526085801/0001193125-26-085801-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526085801/d117283d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-085801

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