The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Berkshire Hathaway this time around. Strategic acquisitions are likely to have boosted the performance.Įxpenses are expected to have risen on higher insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses, health insurance benefits, insurance underwriting expenses, cost of sales and services, interest expense, freight rail transportation expenses, utilities and energy cost of sales and other expenses, other expenses as well as higher interest expense. Reviving customer demand in many businesses aided the manufacturing, service and retailing businesses. The Utilities and energy business is expected to have benefited from higher earnings from the natural gas pipelines, including the effects of a business acquisition, and from the real estate brokerage businesses. cyber insurance pricing, which surged 130%.Ĭontinued insurance business growth is expected to have increased float.Īn increase in freight volumes and lower costs due to improved productivity are likely to have benefited the railroad business.
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financial and professional lines pricing increased 34%, driven by U.S. Global property rates increased 8%, casualty pricing rose 5%, and U.S. Per Marsh, global commercial insurance prices in the fourth quarter of 2021 increased 13%. Let’s see how things have shaped up prior to the announcement of the fourth-quarter results.īerkshire Hathaway’s net new business, higher renewals and improved pricing may have aided premium revenues. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fourth quarter of 2021 is pegged at $2.79 per share, indicating an increase of 29.8% from the year-ago quarter reported figure.
(BRK.B) beat on earnings in one of the three reported quarters and missed in two.
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