Berkshire Hathaway BRK Reserves Q2 2025

Berkshire Hathaway On Saturday, I mentioned a slight decrease in operating profits in the second quarter, as the Warren Buffett group warns of the negative effects of the sharp American definitions.

Berkshire’s operating profit – those fully owned by the company, including insurance and railways – decreased by 4 % on an annual basis to $ 11.16 billion in the second quarter. The results were affected by the low insurance insurance, while all railways, energy, manufacturing, service and retail trade witnessed all the highest profits in a year.

The group, which is based in Oma, issued a strict warning of President Donald Trump’s tariff and the potential impact on its various actions.

“The pace of changes in these events, including tensions from developing international trade policies and definitions, accelerated during the first six months of 2025,” Berkshire said in its profit report. “The great uncertainty in the final result of these events is still.”

She said: “It is possible that there are negative consequences for most of our operating business, if not all, as well as our investments in stocks of stocks, which can greatly affect our future results.”

Buffett Cash Hoard of 344.1 billion dollars remained near a record height, although it is just less than the level of $ 347 billion at the end of March. Berkshire was a net seller for the eleventh quarter in a row, where he threw $ 4.5 billion in stocks in the first six months of 2025.

Also, the group did not rebuild any shares in the first half of 2025, even with the decrease of shares by more than 10 % of the record height.

Berkshire wrote a loss of $ 3.8 billion from the Kraft Heinz share, which has long been weak for a bloc. The consumer goods giant looks forward to a group of groceries. Two executives in Berkshire resigned as director of the Kraft Heinz board in May.

This is the first profit report since the 94 -year -old Buffett announced this He is stepped as an executive president At the end of 2025, Greg Abel, Vice President of Insurance Operations in Berkshire, is scheduled to take over the position of CEO, while Buffett will remain the Board of Directors of Berkshire.