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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Competitors

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$682,500.00 +9,226.00 (+1.37%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

BRK.A vs. CB, MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EG, and EQH

Should you be buying Berkshire Hathaway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hathaway include Chubb (CB), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Everest Group (EG), and Equitable (EQH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Berkshire Hathaway vs.

Chubb (NYSE:CB) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Chubb received 406 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChubbOutperform Votes
721
63.08%
Underperform Votes
422
36.92%
Berkshire HathawayOutperform Votes
315
73.77%
Underperform Votes
112
26.23%

Chubb currently has a consensus target price of $287.37, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Given Chubb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chubb
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Chubb's net margin of 18.32%. Chubb's return on equity of 15.46% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chubb18.32% 15.46% 4.26%
Berkshire Hathaway 28.89%6.94%3.77%

In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 3 more articles in the media than Chubb. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 8 mentions for Chubb. Berkshire Hathaway's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Chubb's score of -0.01 indicating that Berkshire Hathaway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chubb
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Berkshire Hathaway
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Chubb has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Berkshire Hathaway has higher revenue and earnings than Chubb. Berkshire Hathaway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chubb, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chubb$54.82B2.01$9.03B$24.4211.19
Berkshire Hathaway$452.95B2.17$96.22B$74.26 thousand9.19

83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chubb beats Berkshire Hathaway on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRK.A vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire HathawayFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$981.44B$43.54B$11.26B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A7.37%5.77%3.61%
P/E Ratio9.1910.4026.7541.30
Price / Sales2.171.5236.4817.58
Price / Cash20.0119.5618.6521.28
Price / Book1.742.282.765.32
Net Income$96.22B$3.90B$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-0.50%-2.80%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-3.50%-5.13%-2.90%-3.68%
1 Year Performance26.16%54.43%11.58%12.14%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.7181 of 5 stars
$682,500.00
+1.4%
N/A+25.5%$981.44B$452.95B9.19372,000
CB
Chubb
4.3602 of 5 stars
$275.89
-0.1%
$287.37
+4.2%
+24.9%$111.21B$54.82B11.3340,000
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6578 of 5 stars
$31.03
+0.3%
$37.50
+20.9%
+40.2%$54.36B$36.10B14.9440,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0509 of 5 stars
$60.07
-0.1%
N/A+17.1%$34.58B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.4398 of 5 stars
$313.08
+0.5%
$321.80
+2.8%
+34.8%$31.53B$9.81B-42.7748,000Analyst Upgrade
PUK
Prudential
4.2353 of 5 stars
$16.23
-1.0%
N/A-27.5%$21.65B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.6997 of 5 stars
$78.72
-0.2%
$84.75
+7.7%
-1.4%$18.01B$13.67B-87.6819,800Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.0823 of 5 stars
$66.68
-1.4%
$73.50
+10.2%
+52.9%$17.46B$2.08B87.794,350Insider Trade
Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5747 of 5 stars
$30.66
-0.1%
$35.00
+14.2%
+37.3%$17.44B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
EG
Everest Group
4.7318 of 5 stars
$359.75
-0.8%
$430.00
+19.5%
-0.1%$15.46B$14.59B5.682,844Positive News
EQH
Equitable
2.1217 of 5 stars
$47.23
-0.5%
$50.10
+6.1%
+38.8%$14.80B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider Trade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BRK.A) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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