BRK.B vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, AXP, BAC, BRK.A, 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), Alphabet (GOOG), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Chevron (CVX), CocaCola (KO), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Visa (V).
Berkshire Hathaway vs. Its Competitors
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Berkshire Hathaway presently has a consensus price target of $575.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.27%. Apple has a consensus price target of $237.98, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Apple.
In the previous week, Apple had 301 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 321 mentions for Apple and 20 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.34 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Berkshire Hathaway's net margin of 17.00%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.
39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Apple beats Berkshire Hathaway on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BRK.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NYSE:BRK.B) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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