Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-A) FY2024 10-K Annual Report

Filed: Feb 24, 2025
Financials
Fire, Marine & Casualty InsuranceSEC EDGAR

Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-A) 10-K annual report for fiscal year 2024, filed with SEC EDGAR on Feb 24, 2025. This page provides AI-powered analysis including business overview, management discussion & analysis (MD&A), risk factors, and key financial data such as revenue, net income, gross margin, operating margin, and return on equity (ROE) extracted from XBRL.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc FY2024 10-K Analysis

Business Overview

  • Holding company with decentralized management owning insurance, freight rail, utilities, manufacturing, services, and retail subsidiaries
  • Acquired Alleghany Corporation in October 2022, expanding property and casualty insurance and reinsurance operations under Berkshire Hathaway Primary and Reinsurance Groups
+3 more insights

Management Discussion & Analysis

  • Revenue: Insurance underwriting earnings $9.0B in 2024 vs $5.4B in 2023; insurance investment income $13.7B in 2024 vs $9.6B in 2023; total net earnings $89.0B in 2024 vs $96.2B in 2023
  • Profitability: GEICO loss ratio improved to 71.8% in 2024 from 81.0% in 2023; BH Primary loss ratio increased to 95.4% in 2024 from 92.0% in 2023; BHRG property/casualty loss ratio improved to 82.9% in 2024 from 84.0% in 2023
+3 more insights

Risk Factors

  • Regulatory exposure to U.S. state and international insurance regulators developing group capital, liquidity, governance rules impacting Berkshire’s insurance subsidiaries
  • Geopolitical risk from armed/diplomatic conflicts and U.S. trade policies potentially causing supply chain restrictions and losses in securities values
+3 more insights

Berkshire Hathaway Inc FY2024 Key Financial Metrics
XBRL

Revenue

$249.7B

-2.0% YoY

Net Income

$89.0B

-7.5% YoY

Net Margin

35.6%

-211bp YoY

ROE

13.7%

-344bp YoY

Total Assets

$1.15T

+7.8% YoY

Operating Cash Flow

$30.6B

-37.8% YoY

Source: XBRL data from Berkshire Hathaway Inc FY2024 10-K filing on SEC EDGAR. All figures in USD.

Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc Annual Reports

Get deeper insights on Berkshire Hathaway Inc

Access full AI analysis, insider trading data, fund holdings, and cross-signal detection on SignalX.