NYSE$BRK-B
Berkshire Hathaway Inc · Q4 2024 earnings
Q4 2024 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations
Briefing
Berkshire Hathaway's net earnings attributable to shareholders decreased, while operating earnings increased, driven by improvements in insurance underwriting and investment income.
Berkshire Hathaway reported a decrease in net earnings attributable to shareholders for Q4 2024, primarily due to lower investment gains compared to the previous year. However, operating earnings saw a significant increase, driven by strong performance in insurance underwriting and investment income.
- Net earnings attributable to Berkshire shareholders decreased to $19.694 billion in Q4 2024 from $37.574 billion in Q4 2023.
- Operating earnings increased to $14.527 billion in Q4 2024 from $8.481 billion in Q4 2023.
- Insurance-underwriting saw a significant increase, reaching $3.409 billion compared to $848 million in the same quarter last year.
- Insurance-investment income increased to $4.088 billion from $2.759 billion year-over-year.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Berkshire Hathaway · Revenue · Quarterly
$94.9B
Forward guidance
No specific forward guidance was provided in the press release.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2024
+0.1%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.8%
Avg return
5 days after
+2.6%
Avg return
30 days after
30%
10 / 33 earnings
Positive
+1.9%
Q2 2016
Best reaction
-1.6%
Q3 2021
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +4.0% | |
| Q4 2025 | +0.0% | -0.9% | -6.0% | |
| Q3 2025 | +0.0% | +3.3% | +6.5% | |
| Q2 2025 | +0.0% | -2.4% | +6.4% | |
| Q1 2025 | -0.5% | +0.0% | -4.7% | |
| Q4 2024 | +0.0% | +4.9% | +9.8% | |
| Q3 2024 | +0.0% | +1.8% | +5.6% | |
| Q2 2024 | +0.0% | +0.7% | +11.1% | |
| Q1 2024 | +0.0% | -0.5% | -5.7% | |
| Q4 2023 | +0.0% | +2.5% | +8.5% | |
| Q3 2023 | +0.0% | -1.5% | -3.7% | |
| Q2 2023 | +1.2% | +1.4% | +3.8% | |
| Q1 2023 | +1.2% | +1.7% | +7.7% | |
| Q3 2022 | -0.9% | +3.6% | +11.1% | |
| Q2 2022 | -0.2% | +0.8% | +9.9% | |
| Q1 2022 | -1.3% | -3.6% | -9.7% | |
| Q3 2021 | -1.6% | +0.3% | +3.5% | |
| Q2 2021 | +0.6% | +1.1% | +0.8% | |
| Q1 2021 | -1.1% | +1.7% | +6.5% | |
| Q3 2020 | +1.2% | +0.9% | -4.1% | |
| Q2 2020 | +0.7% | +0.9% | +9.7% | |
| Q1 2020 | -0.2% | -2.6% | +2.3% | |
| Q3 2019 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +2.8% | |
| Q2 2019 | +0.0% | +1.0% | -2.5% | |
| Q1 2019 | +0.0% | +2.2% | +7.9% | |
| Q3 2018 | +0.0% | +2.5% | -5.0% | |
| Q2 2018 | +0.0% | +0.5% | +6.7% | |
| Q1 2018 | +0.0% | +0.7% | -2.9% | |
| Q3 2017 | +0.0% | +2.1% | +2.5% | |
| Q2 2017 | +0.0% | +1.5% | +2.8% | |
| Q1 2017 | -0.4% | -0.9% | -1.3% | |
| Q3 2016 | +0.6% | +0.4% | +0.3% | |
| Q2 2016 | +1.9% | +0.1% | +1.5% | |
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