Berkshire Hathawaay Q1 Results: Working profit decreased by 14 %, tariff risk

Warren Buffett’s Berrenaway Burkhawayy recorded a 14 % decrease in the operational profit for the first quarter, confirming the challenges facing the wallet of sprawling companies. The results, which were issued on Saturday, also came with a warning: increasing geopolitical tensions and commercial tariffs can affect the company’s profitability.

The operating profits for the first quarter decreased to 9.64 billion dollars, a decrease from 11.22 billion dollars in the previous year. These profits include results from the fully owned railway and railways, among other things.

Currency movements also hurt the end result. The company recorded a loss of foreign currencies of about 713 million dollars, which led to the reversal of $ 597 million during the same period last year.

Berkshire said she had received $ 4.6 billion, or $ 3,200 per share of the first degree, in the first quarter. This decreased from $ 12.7 billion, or 8,825 dollars per category A, last year.

The monetary Canadel swelled from Berkshire to a new record during the first quarter, as it rose to more than 347 billion dollars from about 334 billion dollars at the end of 2024.

In his file, Berkshire was martyred “a difficult environment” affected by the definitions that were presented during the era of President Donald Trump, as well as other global uncertainty. The company said: “We cannot reliably predict the potential impact on our business, both through changes in product costs, supply and efficiency chain costs and customer requests for our products and services,” the company said.

The shares of stocks in Berkshire remained very focused. As of March 31, 69 % of the fair value of its wallet has been linked to five companies: American Express, Apple, Bank of America, Chevron and Coca-Cola. The company has held 151.6 million shares of American Express, and represents a 21.6 % stake in the financial services giant.

In addition, Berkshire told \ \ billion dollars of insurance losses from Southern California fires, which reflects the continuous pressures inside the industry.