Berkshire Hathaway Earnings Slightly Miss Estimates

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) earnings arrived after the market closed on Friday afternoon, ahead of the company's annual shareholder meeting over the weekend. The company showed earnings of $2,149 per Class A share in the report, which covers the three months through March. Revenue in the period came in at $45.45 billion. On Friday's market investors seemed relatively pessimistic heading into the release of the report. Shares in the conglomerate trended down and finished the day at $192,255 for Class A units.

In the run up to the release of the first quarter earnings report, analysts following Berkshire Hathaway Inc....