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BRK.B vs. PGR, TRV, ALL, ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, and CNA

Should you be buying Berkshire Hathaway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hathaway include Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), and CNA Financial (CNA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Berkshire Hathaway vs.

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

Progressive has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Progressive$75.34B2.12$8.48B$14.4018.92
Berkshire Hathaway$424.23B2.71$96.22B$41.2712.91

85.3% of Progressive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Progressive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Progressive's net margin of 11.25%. Progressive's return on equity of 33.79% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Progressive11.25% 33.79% 8.21%
Berkshire Hathaway 28.89%6.94%3.77%

In the previous week, Progressive had 44 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Progressive and 25 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.40 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Progressive
47 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berkshire Hathaway
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Progressive currently has a consensus target price of $281.06, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. Berkshire Hathaway has a consensus target price of $457.50, suggesting a potential downside of 14.14%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Progressive is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Progressive
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Progressive received 337 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.75% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ProgressiveOutperform Votes
608
54.63%
Underperform Votes
505
45.37%
Berkshire HathawayOutperform Votes
271
67.75%
Underperform Votes
129
32.25%

Summary

Progressive beats Berkshire Hathaway on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRK.B vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire HathawayFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.15T$49.12B$11.37B$19.65B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio10.7711.5322.8533.84
Price / Sales2.715.9525.6327.96
Price / Cash20.9416.8117.6117.54
Price / Book2.032.322.784.60
Net Income$96.22B$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.83%1.40%0.88%-0.05%
1 Month Performance6.04%4.17%496.50%-1.94%
1 Year Performance27.78%22.83%536.82%5.06%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.9408 of 5 stars
$532.87
+0.8%
$457.50
-14.1%
+29.4%$1.15T$424.23B10.77372,000
PGR
Progressive
4.2325 of 5 stars
$272.90
+0.0%
$281.06
+3.0%
+33.2%$159.96B$75.34B18.9561,400Insider Trade
Positive News
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.6708 of 5 stars
$257.01
+0.1%
$260.00
+1.2%
+16.2%$58.28B$46.43B11.9732,500Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.8273 of 5 stars
$205.92
-0.3%
$217.94
+5.8%
+22.5%$54.58B$64.12B12.1254,500Short Interest ↑
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.7018 of 5 stars
$93.44
+1.6%
$117.19
+25.4%
+5.9%$35.08B$16.93B8.356,400Positive News
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.3245 of 5 stars
$63.54
+0.5%
$64.36
+1.3%
+13.0%$24.09B$13.69B14.568,190Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MKL
Markel Group
3.9495 of 5 stars
$1,854.73
+1.0%
$1,702.20
-8.2%
+25.4%$23.68B$16.75B9.3221,600Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.6828 of 5 stars
$144.75
flat
$151.00
+4.3%
+21.8%$22.66B$11.34B9.975,426Ex-Dividend
Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
2.2559 of 5 stars
$407.97
-0.5%
N/A+3.3%$18.84B$3.86B38.166,040
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.2577 of 5 stars
$64.41
+1.4%
$70.40
+9.3%
+27.0%$17.72B$13.36B13.8628,300Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.4475 of 5 stars
$49.39
+1.3%
$50.50
+2.2%
+13.0%$13.38B$14.00B14.036,500Positive News
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This page (NYSE:BRK.B) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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