In his second quarter as the new CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel made significant expenditures:
As a result, the company's large cash reserves declined for the first time since early 2022:
The financial report for the three months ending June 30 shows Berkshire had $365.5 billion on hand, an 8.0% decrease from its record high of $397.4 billion as of March 31:
Excluding BNSF's cash and adjusting for Treasury bills purchased but not yet paid for, the company's cash declined 3.8% to $359.2 billion:
Part of that spending was for $4.5 billion of Berkshire share buybacks:
This repurchasing came in below Barron's rough estimate of $5 billion to $11 billion:
However, it is still significantly more than the $235 million Berkshire spent during the first quarter:
Additionally, Berkshire bought more equities than it sold overall, for a net increase of $20 billion:
This includes a $10 billion investment in Alphabet, Google's parent:
Berkshire's operating earnings for the second quarter increased 16% to $12.98 billion:
However, insurance results were not as good:
GEICO's underwriting profits fell 45%:
Berkshire also trimmed its position in DaVita:
