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Berkshire Hathaway Inc

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What Do They Do?

Provides insurance and reinsurance to people and organizations, and runs freight rail, utility and energy operations alongside manufacturing, service and retail businesses.

How Do They Make Money?

FY2025 revenue by product or service revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Insurance and Other
87%
FY2022: 83%
Railroad, Utilities and Energy
13%
FY2022: 17%

Who Are Their Customers?

Individuals buy GEICO policies mainly through the internet or by phone, with some sales through agencies; other insurance buyers use agents, brokers and managing general agents. Product customers buy directly or through wholesale and retail channels.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 18 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 7 cents into free cash flow.

Net income, FY2025
18% of revenue
▼ −25% vs FY2024 ($89B, 24%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
7% of revenue
▲ +116% vs FY2024 ($11.6B, 3%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +10%
vs $92.5B in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +107%
vs $12.4B in Q2 FY2025
Insurance and Other share of revenue vs 86.9% in Q2 FY2025
  • May 7, 2026 Charles Chang is set to succeed Marc Hamburg as CFO The succession was scheduled for June 1, 2026.

Growing. Revenue grew 34% in 4 years, from $276.2B in FY2021 to $371.4B in FY2025, about 8% a year.

Revenue over time
Insurance and Other Railroad, Utilities and Energy
$500B$250B$0

Who Do They Compete With?

Competes with State Farm, Progressive, Allstate, and USAA

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