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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Competitors

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$727,455.00 +6,955.00 (+0.97%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

BRK.A vs. AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, AXP, BAC, BRK.B, CVX, KO, OXY, and V

Should you be buying Berkshire Hathaway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hathaway include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Chevron (CVX), CocaCola (KO), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Visa (V).

Berkshire Hathaway vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B8.15$93.74B$6.4233.23
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.82$89.00B$56.29 thousand12.92

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Berkshire Hathaway's net margin of 21.79%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 167.24% 31.35%
Berkshire Hathaway 21.79%7.20%4.01%

Apple currently has a consensus target price of $234.95, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Apple has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 260 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 268 mentions for Apple and 8 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.63 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
149 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
67 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
12 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berkshire Hathaway
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Apple beats Berkshire Hathaway on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRK.A vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire HathawayINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.05T$57.39B$12.11B$20.72B
Dividend YieldN/A1.93%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio12.9218.0820.0428.07
Price / Sales2.822.7125.7138.44
Price / Cash17.3531.3021.7022.53
Price / Book1.603.142.284.58
Net Income$89.00B$4.66B$1.00B$985.54M
7 Day Performance-0.15%-0.39%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance-0.67%-0.21%4.63%5.46%
1 Year Performance17.61%32.96%538.61%15.06%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4015 of 5 stars
$727,455.00
+1.0%
N/A+19.0%$1.05T$371.43B12.92372,000
AAPL
Apple
4.8582 of 5 stars
$207.69
+1.2%
$234.39
+12.9%
-3.7%$3.10T$391.04B32.37164,000Trending News
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Options Volume
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.613 of 5 stars
$221.10
+0.8%
$245.81
+11.2%
+12.9%$2.35T$637.96B36.091,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
MSFT
Microsoft
4.6927 of 5 stars
$492.71
-0.9%
$521.14
+5.8%
+8.1%$3.66T$245.12B38.07228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AXP
American Express
4.5856 of 5 stars
$322.69
+1.2%
$296.05
-8.3%
+39.3%$226.40B$65.95B22.5775,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BAC
Bank of America
4.9303 of 5 stars
$48.19
+1.8%
$47.65
-1.1%
+19.7%$363.09B$192.43B14.35213,000Trending News
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.3135 of 5 stars
$489.85
+0.8%
$520.00
+6.2%
+19.5%$1.06T$371.43B13.08392,400
CVX
Chevron
4.4788 of 5 stars
$145.51
+1.6%
$160.29
+10.2%
-5.4%$254.70B$202.79B16.6745,298Trending News
Analyst Forecast
KO
CocaCola
4.2369 of 5 stars
$71.70
+1.3%
$76.27
+6.4%
+12.4%$309.00B$47.06B28.7269,700Positive News
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.7257 of 5 stars
$42.91
+2.1%
$53.38
+24.4%
-29.6%$42.32B$26.88B17.4813,323Positive News
V
Visa
4.4025 of 5 stars
$356.08
+0.3%
$372.80
+4.7%
+33.4%$657.55B$35.93B35.8231,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:BRK.A) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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