Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Competitors

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

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

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Berkshire Hathaway	Outperform Votes 315 73.77%	Underperform Votes 112 26.23%
Chubb	Outperform Votes 721 63.08%	Underperform Votes 422 36.92%

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

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
Berkshire Hathaway	$364.48B	2.81	$96.22B	$74.26 thousand	9.57
Chubb	$49.74B	2.31	$9.03B	$24.42	11.67

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

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

Do analysts rate BRK.A or CB?

Chubb has a consensus target price of $287.37, suggesting a potential upside of 0.83%. Given Chubb's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

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

Is BRK.A or CB 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
Berkshire Hathaway	28.89%	6.94%	3.77%
Chubb	18.32%	15.46%	4.26%

Does the media favor BRK.A or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 35 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Chubb and 8 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of -0.07 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Berkshire Hathaway	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chubb	25 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Summary

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