secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-11T19:52:27+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-344495
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Q2 net earnings double to $25.7B; operating earnings up 16%
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- Q2 net earnings $25,667M vs $12,370M YoY; diluted Class A EPS $17,868 vs $8,601.
- Q2 operating earnings $12,983M vs $11,160M; H1 operating $24,329M vs $20,801M.
- Manufacturing/service/retail operating earnings $4,470M (Q2) vs $3,601M YoY; BNSF $1,558M.
- Repurchased ~$4.5B treasury shares in Q2, ~$4.8B in H1 2026; insurance float $177.5B.
- Investment gains included $10.9B unrealized Q2 2026; realized gains $1.8B after tax.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526344495/0001193125-26-344495-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526344495/d159922d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-344495

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