Berkshire Hathaway Q4 Operating Earnings Climb 28%, Cash Pile Tops $167B

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Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) (NYSE:BRK.A) Q4 operating earnings rose 28% from a year ago, driven by improvements in insurance underwriting and investment income, which more than offset declines at ...

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That compares with 78% concentration in the same five companies as of Sept. 30, 2023.Its stake in Occidental Petroleum (OXY) rose to $14.5B, at fair value from $12.2B at Dec. 31, 2022. Meanwhile, its holdings in Kraft Heinz (KHC) declined to $12.0B, at fair value, from $13.2B.2023's Earnings DisappointmentsIn Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders, also released on Saturday, he points to disappointments in the company's full-year 2023 earnings — its railroad, BNSF, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy (\"BHE\").\"Last year BNSF’s earnings declined more than I expected, as revenues fell,\" Buffett wrote. \"Though fuel costs also fell, wage increases, promulgated in Washington, were far beyond the country’s inflation goals. This differential may recur in future negotiations.\" Still, he sticks by Berkshire's commitment to the business. \"A century from now, BNSF will continue to be a major asset of the country and of Berkshire. You can count on that.\"At BHE, most of its large electric-utility businesses, as well as its gas pipelines, \"performed about as expected,\" he said. However, \"the regulatory climate in a few states has raised the specter of zero profitability or even bankruptcy.\"\"Now, the fixed-but-satisfactory-return pact has been broken in a few states, and investors are becoming apprehensive that such ruptures may spread. Climate change adds to their worries,\" Buffett wrote.He estimates it will be \"many years\" until BHE knows its final forest-fire losses and \"can intelligently make decisions about the desirability of future investments in vulnerable western states.\"He questions whether utilities will continue to operate in the private sector. \"Whatever the case at Berkshire, the final result for the utility industry may be ominous: Certain utilities might no longer attract the savings of American citizens and will be forced to adopt the public-power model.\"2023 Insurance GainsFor the year, Berkshire's (BRK.B) insurance operations posted insurance underwriting after-tax earnings of $5.43B compared with a $30M loss in 2022, benefiting from low losses for significant catastrophe events, premium rate inreases, and lower claims frequencies.GEICO's 2023 pretax underwriting earnings swung to positive $3.64B from a $1.88B loss in 2022, bolstered by higher average premiums per auto policy, lower claims frequencies, reductions in prior accident years' claims estimates, and lower advertising costs. 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