Berkshire shares dip after earnings decline, lack of buybacks disappoint investors
Warren Buffett spoke on May 3, 2025 at the Berkshire Hathaway in Nebraska, Omaha, at an annual shareholders’ meeting.
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Berkshire Hathaway shares fell after a small decrease in the operating gains of Warren Buffett’s holding, after continuing to stop a frenzy and reproduction selling stocks.
Omaha -based giant, insurance and railway enterprises, including those who have decreased by 4% per year to 11.16 billion dollars in the second quarter. Railway, energy, production, service and retailing reported higher profits a year ago, while a decrease in insurance loading reduced general results.
The Berkshire class and B shares decreased by more than 2% on Monday after the results. The stock fell approximately 15% from the highest level of all time just before the announcement that 94 -year -old Buffett took over Greg Abel as a CEO at the end of 2025.
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A move that surprised many of them was a big article for Berkshire to perform low performance. Kraft Heinz share. For the first time, Holding recorded a $ 3.8 billion loss from 27% Kraft Heinz stake. The movement came while noting that the giant of consumer goods was watching a spinoff of grocery business. Two Berkshire executives resigned from the Board of Directors of Kraft Heinz in May as director.
“Investment has been moved to Berkshire’s books for more than the market value for a while,” CIO and a Berkshire shareholder of Glenview Trust Company and a Berkshire shareholder. He said. “Buffett has admitted that he has been paying a lot of money for Kraft Heinz for a long time, especially in the increasing competition in the branded food category.”
Buffett’s cash stack of $ 344.1 billion remained near the record level. Berkshire was a net stock seller for the 11th quarter in a row and threw a stock of $ 4.5 billion in the first six months of 2025.
Konglomera, in the first half of 2025 and until July 21, even if the stocks did not get back.
Edward Jones analyst Kyle Sanders, “Mr. Abel believes that in time will create reliability with investors, we think that close -term catalysts for BRK are increasing investment activity, potential large purchases and reputures.” He said. “None of this took place in this quarter, which was a bit disappointed.”
