Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CB or BRK.A?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chubb	$49.74B	2.19	$9.03B	$24.42	11.09
Berkshire Hathaway	$364.48B	2.78	$96.22B	$74.26 thousand	9.47

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CB or BRK.A?

83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CB or BRK.A more profitable?

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
Chubb	18.32%	15.46%	4.26%
Berkshire Hathaway	28.89%	6.94%	3.77%

Do analysts rate CB or BRK.A?

Chubb currently has a consensus price target of $288.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.41%. 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)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
Berkshire Hathaway	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CB or BRK.A?

Chubb received 408 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chubb	Outperform Votes 723 63.03%	Underperform Votes 424 36.97%
Berkshire Hathaway	Outperform Votes 315 73.77%	Underperform Votes 112 26.23%

Which has more volatility & risk, CB or BRK.A?

Chubb has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CB or BRK.A?

In the previous week, Chubb had 21 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Chubb and 10 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.40 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chubb	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berkshire Hathaway	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Chubb beats Berkshire Hathaway on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.