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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway recovers from coronavirus slowdown<blockquote>沃伦·巴菲特的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司从冠状病毒放缓中复苏</blockquote>

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Berkshire also owns such businesses as the Geico auto insurer and See's Candies.<blockquote>收入增长 22%，达到 691 亿美元。伯克希尔还拥有 Geico 汽车保险公司和 See's Candies 等企业。</blockquote> Results were \"pretty strong, reflecting broad economic strength,\" said Jim Shanahan, an Edward Jones analyst. He rates Berkshire \"buy\" and raised his earnings forecast through 2022.<blockquote>爱德华·琼斯分析师吉姆·沙纳汉表示，结果“相当强劲，反映了广泛的经济实力”。他对伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的评级为“买入”，并上调了 2022 年的盈利预测。</blockquote> Many U.S. companies have improved results as the economy rebounds.<blockquote>随着经济反弹，许多美国公司的业绩有所改善。</blockquote> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">Goldman Sachs</a> this month raised its 2021 earnings forecast for <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SMP\">Standard</a> &amp; Poor's 500(.SPX)companies, implying 45% annual growth.<blockquote><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">高盛</a>本月上调了 2021 年盈利预测<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SMP\">标准</a>普尔 500 强 (.SPX) 公司，意味着年增长率为 45%。</blockquote> The second quarter was also notable for Buffett's revealing that if he were to step down, Berkshire's next chief executive would be Greg Abel, a vice chairman overseeing Berkshire's non-insurance businesses. Buffett turns 91 on Aug. 30.<blockquote>第二季度还值得注意的是，巴菲特透露，如果他辞职，伯克希尔的下一任首席执行官将是负责伯克希尔非保险业务的副董事长格雷格·阿贝尔。巴菲特将于 8 月 30 日年满 91 岁。</blockquote> NET SELLER<blockquote>净卖家</blockquote> Berkshire's buybacks, including at least $1.7 billion in July when its share count declined further, boosted total share repurchases to about $39 billion since the end of 2019.<blockquote>伯克希尔的回购，包括 7 月份其股票数量进一步下降时的至少 17 亿美元，使自 2019 年底以来的股票回购总额达到约 390 亿美元。</blockquote> Buffett has aggressively repurchased Berkshire shares as high stock market valuations and the growth of special purpose acquisition companies, which take private companies public, make buying whole companies appear too costly.<blockquote>巴菲特积极回购伯克希尔股票，因为高股市估值和特殊目的收购公司（将私营公司上市）的增长使得收购整个公司的成本过高。</blockquote> \"It's a killer,\" Buffett said at Berkshire's annual meeting on May 1, referring to SPACs.read more<blockquote>“这是一个杀手，”巴菲特在 5 月 1 日的伯克希尔年会上谈到 SPACs 时说道。阅读更多</blockquote> Valuations may have also played a role in Berkshire's selling $1.1 billion more stocks than it bought in the quarter.<blockquote>估值也可能在伯克希尔本季度出售的股票比购买的股票多 11 亿美元中发挥了作用。</blockquote> The net selling is <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> reason Berkshire ended June with $144.1 billion of cash and equivalents, despite the buybacks.<blockquote>净销售额为<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>尽管进行了回购，但伯克希尔哈撒韦公司截至 6 月底仍持有 1,441 亿美元现金及等价物。</blockquote> Berkshire's share price is up 23.7% in 2021, topping the S&amp;P 500's 18.1% gain, after trailing the index significantly in 2019 and 2020.<blockquote>伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的股价在 2019 年和 2020 年大幅落后于标准普尔 500 指数 18.1% 的涨幅后，2021 年上涨了 23.7%。</blockquote> \"It's very clear they're having difficulty deploying capital in public markets,\" Shanahan said. \"Given the valuation of the stock, we should expect Berkshire's buybacks to be the preferred source of capital deployment.\"<blockquote>“很明显，他们在公开市场部署资本方面遇到了困难，”沙纳汉说。“考虑到该股的估值，我们应该预计伯克希尔的回购将成为资本部署的首选来源。”</blockquote> BNSF's profit surged 34% to $1.52 billion, as retailers replenished inventories and demand swelled for building products, grain and coal.<blockquote>由于零售商补充库存以及对建筑产品、谷物和煤炭的需求激增，BNSF 的利润飙升 34%，达到 15.2 亿美元。</blockquote> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">First</a>-half vehicle sales grew 30% at the <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.B\">Berkshire Hathaway</a> Automotive dealerships.<blockquote><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">第一</a>-half 汽车销量增长 30%<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.B\">伯克希尔哈撒韦公司</a>汽车经销商。</blockquote> Homebuying also rebounded, boosting quarterly reported profit 43% at Clayton Homes mobile homes and 129% at Berkshire's namesake real estate brokerage.<blockquote>购房也出现反弹，Clayton Homes mobile Homes 季度报告利润增长 43%，Berkshire 同名房地产经纪公司季度报告利润增长 129%。</blockquote> The brokerage is part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, where wind power tax credits helped increase profit 17%.<blockquote>该经纪公司是伯克希尔哈撒韦能源公司的一部分，风力发电税收抵免帮助该公司利润增加了 17%。</blockquote> Some businesses fared less well.<blockquote>一些企业表现不佳。</blockquote> Geico's pretax underwriting profit fell 70% as people drove, and crashed, more often. Rivals including <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ALL\">Allstate</a> Corp(ALL.N)and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PGR\">Progressive</a> Corp(PGR.N)have also reported more accidents.<blockquote>随着人们更频繁地开车和撞车，Geico 的税前承保利润下降了 70%。竞争对手包括<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ALL\">好事达</a>公司(ALL.N)和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PGR\">进步的</a>Corp(PGR.N)也报告了更多事故。</blockquote> Berkshire also said revenue fell 9% at Precision Castparts, the aircraft and industrial parts maker it wrote down by $9.8 billion in 2020 as airlines slashed plane orders. It said a big rebound is not likely soon because customers have enough parts.<blockquote>伯克希尔还表示，由于航空公司削减飞机订单，该公司将飞机和工业零部件制造商 Precision Castparts 的收入在 2020 年减记了 98 亿美元。该公司表示，短期内不太可能出现大幅反弹，因为客户有足够的零部件。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway recovers from coronavirus slowdown<blockquote>沃伦·巴菲特的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司从冠状病毒放缓中复苏</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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Berkshire also owns such businesses as the Geico auto insurer and See's Candies.<blockquote>收入增长 22%，达到 691 亿美元。伯克希尔还拥有 Geico 汽车保险公司和 See's Candies 等企业。</blockquote> Results were \"pretty strong, reflecting broad economic strength,\" said Jim Shanahan, an Edward Jones analyst. He rates Berkshire \"buy\" and raised his earnings forecast through 2022.<blockquote>爱德华·琼斯分析师吉姆·沙纳汉表示，结果“相当强劲，反映了广泛的经济实力”。他对伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的评级为“买入”，并上调了 2022 年的盈利预测。</blockquote> Many U.S. companies have improved results as the economy rebounds.<blockquote>随着经济反弹，许多美国公司的业绩有所改善。</blockquote> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">Goldman Sachs</a> this month raised its 2021 earnings forecast for <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SMP\">Standard</a> &amp; Poor's 500(.SPX)companies, implying 45% annual growth.<blockquote><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">高盛</a>本月上调了 2021 年盈利预测<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SMP\">标准</a>普尔 500 强 (.SPX) 公司，意味着年增长率为 45%。</blockquote> The second quarter was also notable for Buffett's revealing that if he were to step down, Berkshire's next chief executive would be Greg Abel, a vice chairman overseeing Berkshire's non-insurance businesses. Buffett turns 91 on Aug. 30.<blockquote>第二季度还值得注意的是，巴菲特透露，如果他辞职，伯克希尔的下一任首席执行官将是负责伯克希尔非保险业务的副董事长格雷格·阿贝尔。巴菲特将于 8 月 30 日年满 91 岁。</blockquote> NET SELLER<blockquote>净卖家</blockquote> Berkshire's buybacks, including at least $1.7 billion in July when its share count declined further, boosted total share repurchases to about $39 billion since the end of 2019.<blockquote>伯克希尔的回购，包括 7 月份其股票数量进一步下降时的至少 17 亿美元，使自 2019 年底以来的股票回购总额达到约 390 亿美元。</blockquote> Buffett has aggressively repurchased Berkshire shares as high stock market valuations and the growth of special purpose acquisition companies, which take private companies public, make buying whole companies appear too costly.<blockquote>巴菲特积极回购伯克希尔股票，因为高股市估值和特殊目的收购公司（将私营公司上市）的增长使得收购整个公司的成本过高。</blockquote> \"It's a killer,\" Buffett said at Berkshire's annual meeting on May 1, referring to SPACs.read more<blockquote>“这是一个杀手，”巴菲特在 5 月 1 日的伯克希尔年会上谈到 SPACs 时说道。阅读更多</blockquote> Valuations may have also played a role in Berkshire's selling $1.1 billion more stocks than it bought in the quarter.<blockquote>估值也可能在伯克希尔本季度出售的股票比购买的股票多 11 亿美元中发挥了作用。</blockquote> The net selling is <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> reason Berkshire ended June with $144.1 billion of cash and equivalents, despite the buybacks.<blockquote>净销售额为<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>尽管进行了回购，但伯克希尔哈撒韦公司截至 6 月底仍持有 1,441 亿美元现金及等价物。</blockquote> Berkshire's share price is up 23.7% in 2021, topping the S&amp;P 500's 18.1% gain, after trailing the index significantly in 2019 and 2020.<blockquote>伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的股价在 2019 年和 2020 年大幅落后于标准普尔 500 指数 18.1% 的涨幅后，2021 年上涨了 23.7%。</blockquote> \"It's very clear they're having difficulty deploying capital in public markets,\" Shanahan said. \"Given the valuation of the stock, we should expect Berkshire's buybacks to be the preferred source of capital deployment.\"<blockquote>“很明显，他们在公开市场部署资本方面遇到了困难，”沙纳汉说。“考虑到该股的估值，我们应该预计伯克希尔的回购将成为资本部署的首选来源。”</blockquote> BNSF's profit surged 34% to $1.52 billion, as retailers replenished inventories and demand swelled for building products, grain and coal.<blockquote>由于零售商补充库存以及对建筑产品、谷物和煤炭的需求激增，BNSF 的利润飙升 34%，达到 15.2 亿美元。</blockquote> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">First</a>-half vehicle sales grew 30% at the <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.B\">Berkshire Hathaway</a> Automotive dealerships.<blockquote><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">第一</a>-half 汽车销量增长 30%<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.B\">伯克希尔哈撒韦公司</a>汽车经销商。</blockquote> Homebuying also rebounded, boosting quarterly reported profit 43% at Clayton Homes mobile homes and 129% at Berkshire's namesake real estate brokerage.<blockquote>购房也出现反弹，Clayton Homes mobile Homes 季度报告利润增长 43%，Berkshire 同名房地产经纪公司季度报告利润增长 129%。</blockquote> The brokerage is part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, where wind power tax credits helped increase profit 17%.<blockquote>该经纪公司是伯克希尔哈撒韦能源公司的一部分，风力发电税收抵免帮助该公司利润增加了 17%。</blockquote> Some businesses fared less well.<blockquote>一些企业表现不佳。</blockquote> Geico's pretax underwriting profit fell 70% as people drove, and crashed, more often. Rivals including <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ALL\">Allstate</a> Corp(ALL.N)and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PGR\">Progressive</a> Corp(PGR.N)have also reported more accidents.<blockquote>随着人们更频繁地开车和撞车，Geico 的税前承保利润下降了 70%。竞争对手包括<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ALL\">好事达</a>公司(ALL.N)和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PGR\">进步的</a>Corp(PGR.N)也报告了更多事故。</blockquote> Berkshire also said revenue fell 9% at Precision Castparts, the aircraft and industrial parts maker it wrote down by $9.8 billion in 2020 as airlines slashed plane orders. It said a big rebound is not likely soon because customers have enough parts.<blockquote>伯克希尔还表示，由于航空公司削减飞机订单，该公司将飞机和工业零部件制造商 Precision Castparts 的收入在 2020 年减记了 98 亿美元。该公司表示，短期内不太可能出现大幅反弹，因为客户有足够的零部件。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-hathaway-operating-profit-rises-21-2021-08-07/\">Reuters</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BRK.B":"伯克希尔B","BRK.A":"伯克希尔"},"source_url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-hathaway-operating-profit-rises-21-2021-08-07/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1140330029","content_text":"Aug 7 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc(BRKa.N)on Saturday said many of its businesses are enjoying strong recoveries from the early depths of the coronavirus pandemic, fueling rebounds in profits and revenue.\nThe company Buffett has run since 1965 also signaled the billionaire's confidence in its future by repurchasing $6 billion of its own shares in the second quarter, even as its stock price regularly set new highs.\nOmaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire's manufacturing, service and retailing businesses suffered last year as economic activity plunged, job losses soared and shoppers stayed home.\nBut now, Berkshire said its BNSF railroad, namesake auto dealership and housing units are among many businesses seeing \"significant\" recoveries despite supply chain disruptions and higher costs, with earnings and revenue in some instances topping pre-pandemic levels.\nAnother sign of improvement was Berkshire's decision not to repeat a caution in its previous quarterly results that other operating units still faced adverse effects from the pandemic.\nSecond-quarter operating profit rose 21% to $6.69 billion, or about $4,424 per Class A share, from $5.51 billion, or about $3,463 per share, a year earlier.\nNet income rose 7% to $28.1 billion, or $18,488 per Class A share, bolstered by unrealized gains in Berkshire's $192 billion of investments in Apple Inc(AAPL.O), $Bank of America Corp(BAC-N)$(BAC.N)and American Express Corp(AXP.N).\nRevenue jumped 22% to $69.1 billion. Berkshire also owns such businesses as the Geico auto insurer and See's Candies.\nResults were \"pretty strong, reflecting broad economic strength,\" said Jim Shanahan, an Edward Jones analyst. He rates Berkshire \"buy\" and raised his earnings forecast through 2022.\nMany U.S. companies have improved results as the economy rebounds.\nGoldman Sachs this month raised its 2021 earnings forecast for Standard & Poor's 500(.SPX)companies, implying 45% annual growth.\nThe second quarter was also notable for Buffett's revealing that if he were to step down, Berkshire's next chief executive would be Greg Abel, a vice chairman overseeing Berkshire's non-insurance businesses. Buffett turns 91 on Aug. 30.\nNET SELLER\nBerkshire's buybacks, including at least $1.7 billion in July when its share count declined further, boosted total share repurchases to about $39 billion since the end of 2019.\nBuffett has aggressively repurchased Berkshire shares as high stock market valuations and the growth of special purpose acquisition companies, which take private companies public, make buying whole companies appear too costly.\n\"It's a killer,\" Buffett said at Berkshire's annual meeting on May 1, referring to SPACs.read more\nValuations may have also played a role in Berkshire's selling $1.1 billion more stocks than it bought in the quarter.\nThe net selling is one reason Berkshire ended June with $144.1 billion of cash and equivalents, despite the buybacks.\nBerkshire's share price is up 23.7% in 2021, topping the S&P 500's 18.1% gain, after trailing the index significantly in 2019 and 2020.\n\"It's very clear they're having difficulty deploying capital in public markets,\" Shanahan said. \"Given the valuation of the stock, we should expect Berkshire's buybacks to be the preferred source of capital deployment.\"\nBNSF's profit surged 34% to $1.52 billion, as retailers replenished inventories and demand swelled for building products, grain and coal.\nFirst-half vehicle sales grew 30% at the Berkshire Hathaway Automotive dealerships.\nHomebuying also rebounded, boosting quarterly reported profit 43% at Clayton Homes mobile homes and 129% at Berkshire's namesake real estate brokerage.\nThe brokerage is part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, where wind power tax credits helped increase profit 17%.\nSome businesses fared less well.\nGeico's pretax underwriting profit fell 70% as people drove, and crashed, more often. Rivals including Allstate Corp(ALL.N)and Progressive Corp(PGR.N)have also reported more accidents.\nBerkshire also said revenue fell 9% at Precision Castparts, the aircraft and industrial parts maker it wrote down by $9.8 billion in 2020 as airlines slashed plane orders. 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