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title: "Berkshire operating profit rises, buys back more stock"
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# Berkshire operating profit rises, buys back more stock

**Published:** May 1, 2021
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** Blogs, Financial
**Tags:** Berkshire Hathaway, Class A share, repurchases, Stock, Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett’s **Berkshire Hathaway Inc[(BRKa.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/BRKa.N) **on Saturday said first-quarter operating profit rose 20%, and that it extended its recent aggressive stock repurchases by buying back $6.6 billion of its own stock.

Operating profit increased to $7.02 billion, from $5.87 billion a year earlier.

Berkshire also reported net income of $11.71 billion, or $7,638 per Class A share, compared with a net loss of $49.75 billion, or $30,653 per share, a year earlier.

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Source [https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-operating-profit-rises-buys-back-more-stock-2021-05-01/](https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-operating-profit-rises-buys-back-more-stock-2021-05-01/)

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