Every material Form 8-K Berkshire Hathaway filed with the SEC in 2026, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Berkshire Hathaway reported second-quarter 2026 net earnings attributable to shareholders of $25.7 billion, up from $12.4 billion a year earlier, and operating earnings of $13.0 billion, up from $11.2 billion. Much of the increase reflects investment gains of $12.7 billion, which the company says are largely driven by changes in unrealized gains on equity holdings and are not indicative of quarterly business performance.
Q2 2026 net earnings $25.7 billion vs. $12.4 billion in Q2 2025; first six months $35.8 billion vs. $17.0 billion
Q2 2026 operating earnings $13.0 billion vs. $11.2 billion; manufacturing, service and retailing $4.5 billion vs. $3.6 billion
Net earnings per average equivalent Class A share $17,868 in Q2 2026 vs. $8,601 in Q2 2025
Treasury share purchases of about $4.5 billion in Q2 2026 and about $4.8 billion for the six months; insurance float about $177.5 billion at June 30, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway said Charles C. Chang will succeed Marc D. Hamburg as chief financial officer on June 1, 2026, with an annual cash salary of $8 million. The filing also covers a May 2, 2026 annual meeting, where shareholders approved executive pay and rejected a shareholder proposal on workforce oversight, and a May 3, 2026 bylaw update; the 8-K itself does not report first-quarter earnings figures.
Charles C. Chang succeeds Marc D. Hamburg as CFO on June 1, 2026, at an annual cash salary of $8 million.
Berkshire estimates the cost of Hamburg's NetJets flight benefit at about $490,000 per year, for up to 30 flight hours a year through May 31, 2037.
Advisory say-on-pay vote: 403,351 for and 30,251 against at the May 2, 2026 annual meeting.
Shareholder proposal on workforce and human-capital oversight: 65,023 for and 367,387 against, so it did not pass.
Berkshire Hathaway reported fourth-quarter 2025 net earnings attributable to shareholders of $19.2 billion, down from $19.7 billion a year earlier, and full-year net earnings of $67.0 billion, down from $89.0 billion in 2024. Operating earnings also declined, to $10.2 billion in the quarter from $14.5 billion and to $44.5 billion for the year from $47.4 billion. The company said quarterly investment gains and losses, which include unrealized market changes, can make per-share figures misleading.
Q4 2025 net earnings were $19.2 billion versus $19.7 billion in Q4 2024; Q4 operating earnings were $10.2 billion versus $14.5 billion.
Full-year 2025 net earnings were $67.0 billion versus $89.0 billion in 2024; full-year operating earnings were $44.5 billion versus $47.4 billion.
Net earnings per Class B share were $8.90 in Q4 2025 versus $9.13 in Q4 2024, and $31.04 for the full year versus $41.27.
Other-than-temporary impairments on Kraft Heinz and Occidental reduced 2025 earnings by $4.5 billion in Q4 and $8.3 billion for the full year; insurance float was about $176 billion at December 31, 2025.
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