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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire,” “Company” or “Registrant”) is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities. The most important of these are insurance businesses conducted on both a primary basis and a reinsurance basis. Berkshire also owns and... More
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- Friday, May 3, 6:07 PM More on Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Q1: The increase in insurance underwriting profits is impressive, as the 10-Q shows net underwriting gains were almost 17 times higher than Q1 2012 ($901M versus $54M), with pre-tax underwriting more than doubling at GEICO. (Previous: I, II) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, May 3, 5:32 PM More from Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) 10-Q: Net income (which includes investment and derivatives results) of $4.89B ($2,977/share), up 50% Y/Y. As of March 31, book value up 5.5% Q/Q to $120,525/share; insurance float of about $73B. Berk-enstock begins tonight in Omaha, Neb. 1 Comment [Earnings, Financials]
- Friday, May 3, 5:08 PM Berkshire Hathaway (class A) (BRK.A): Q1 operating earnings of $2,302/share (class A), vs. estimates of $1,995.34. Operating earnings breakdown: Insurance underwriting of $901M; Insurance investment income of $799M; non-insurance businesses, $2.245B; other, -$163M. (10-Q) 2 Comments [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
- Friday, March 1, 4:17 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q4 operating earnings/share of $1,704 vs. $1,615 in year-ago period. Net earnings/share of $2,757 vs. $1,846 in year-ago period. Total operating earnings of $2.8B, net earnings of $4.55B. Book value of $114.2K/share. Insurance float of $73B. Revenue of $44.7B. (PR) (10-K) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
- Friday, November 2, 2012, 6:31 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q3 operating earnings/share of $2,057 vs. $2,309 in year-ago period. Net earnings/share of $2,373 vs. $1,380 in year-ago period. Total operating earnings of $3.4B, net earnings of $3.92B. Book value of $111.7K/share, up $4.3K/share Q/Q. Insurance float of $72B, up $900M Q/Q. Revenue of $41.05B (+22% Y/Y). (PR) (10-Q) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, August 3, 2012, 5:51 PM More on Berkshire's Q2: Revenue totaled $38.5B (+1% Y/Y). Insurance businesses produced operating earnings of $1.69B, +71% Y/Y. Non-insurance businesses had op. earnings of $2.2B (+22%), and "Other" had a $167M loss. Book value reached $107.4K per A share, up 7.5% YTD. Insurance float was $71.1B. Railroad, Utilities, and Energy had revenue of $7.81B (+5% Y/Y). (PR) (10-Q) 1 Comment [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, August 3, 2012, 5:35 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q2 operating earnings/share of $2,252 (+37% Y/Y) beats by $476. Net earnings/share of $1,882. Total operating earnings of $3.72B (+38% Y/Y). (PR) (10-Q) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, May 4, 2012, 5:26 PM More from Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Operating earnings comes to $1,615/share (missing by $165). No "catastrophe losses of note, outside of some tornado activity." BRK.B now -0.2% AH. 4 Comments [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, May 4, 2012, 5:18 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q1 net earnings/share of $1,966. Operating earnings of $2.67B (+67% Y/Y). (PR; 10-Q) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, November 4, 2011, 5:29 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q3 EPS of $2,309 beats by $513. Operating earnings per equivalent share of $1,380. The company bought back $16.2M of its Class B shares to go along with nearly $20M in purchases of its class A stock. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
- Friday, August 5, 2011, 5:48 PM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): Q2 EPS of $2,072 misses by $40. Operating earnings per equivalent share of $1,640. (PR, 10-Q) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
- Saturday, May 7, 2011, 3:47 PM Also contributing to Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) 58% drop in profits - besides $1.7B in insurance losses - was a combined $506M writedown on its stakes in Wells Fargo (WFC) and Kraft (KFT). In Q4, Berkshire resisted a writedown, saying it expected "market price will grow to at least the intrinsic value that existed." Comment! [Earnings]
- Sunday, May 1, 2011, 10:03 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) estimates its Q1 net profit plunged 58% to $1.5B due to $1.7B in pretax insurance losses following major disasters in Japan, Australia and the U.S. Warren Buffett described the period as "probably the 2nd-worst quarter for the insurance industry in terms of disasters." Full results are due Friday. (PR) 6 Comments [Earnings]
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B's Warren Buffett (1962) talks about a brief stock market drop: http://bit.ly/14az5Ci - View all 0 replies
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B holders from all online communities are welcome to an unofficial gathering on May 3, 2013 in Omaha: http://yellowbrkers.com - View all 2 replies
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arbtrader: Borsheims is fun also and a great place to people watch. A combo of grad students and locals enjoying free beer. Occasional protesters too! -
Mckalip: Full agreement with Arbtrader, it's the highlight of the weekend
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weed: The pres. can order them back to work. Buffet will get his money's worth. -
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B holders from all online communities are welcome to an unofficial gathering on May 3, 2013 in Omaha: http://yellowbrkers.com - View all 2 replies
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arbtrader: Borsheims is fun also and a great place to people watch. A combo of grad students and locals enjoying free beer. Occasional protesters too! -
Mckalip: Full agreement with Arbtrader, it's the highlight of the weekend
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Niksurfs: Your welcome, thanks for your generous spirit and extraordinary due diligence in sharing the details. -
Niksurfs: I don't normally push my wares but here are two spec buy candidates, my money is where my mouth is, TROV and SNFCA. The latter check the 10K
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wadeyr
Warren Buffett says $AAPL is a cheap value price now. Implies like when $BRK.A was cheap. [Video] http://bit.ly/X8aYQo STRONG buY - View all 7 replies
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lovepao
Berkshire 2012 Letter to shareholders from Warren Buffett http://bit.ly/YLSVRs $BRK.A $BRK.B - View all 1 replies
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Chris DeMuth Jr.: If you're interested in further reading, Buffett just finished reading this and recommends it in his letter: http://seekingalpha.com/a/qg1x.
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Dividend Sheet
$BRK.A $MSFT and $AIG are the most sold stocks by investment guru's - find more stocks here -> http://stks.co/aL0z - - View all 1 replies
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Bakken Crude:$OIL Buffet's Railroad Beats ONEOK's Pipeline. $BRK.A $BRK.B $CLR $EOG $OKS $PSX $WLL http://seekingalpha.com/a/mcdj - View all 1 replies
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Michael Fitzsimmons: thanks for the plug. keep an eye out for an upcoming article on Halcon Resources (HK). you may find it interesting.
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Pessimistic Optimist: CYS just offered 30M on secondary.. cheaper share prices.. promote higher growth for shareholders?
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Michael Bryant
Cool! I'm going to the next Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) annual meeting!!! This is going to be fun!!! http://yhoo.it/KbamFe - View all 3 replies
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Michael Bryant: Yeah, I bet it would be hard to get a room. Have you ever gone before? -
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WheresTheDough: I think it was a false rumor though. I'll hold onto BTU because I'm sure it'll rise to $ 33 or $ 34 in the near future -





