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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Competitors

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$718,353.75 +1,954.75 (+0.27%)
(As of 11/26/2024 ET)

BRK.A vs. CB, MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EG, and EQH

Should you be buying Berkshire Hathaway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hathaway include Chubb (CB), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Everest Group (EG), and Equitable (EQH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Berkshire Hathaway vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chubb$54.82B2.10$9.03B$24.4211.69
Berkshire Hathaway$364.48B2.81$96.22B$74.26 thousand9.58

In the previous week, Chubb had 17 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Chubb and 21 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.02 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chubb
29 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berkshire Hathaway
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChubbOutperform Votes
721
63.08%
Underperform Votes
422
36.92%
Berkshire HathawayOutperform Votes
315
73.77%
Underperform Votes
112
26.23%

Chubb presently has a consensus price target of $287.37, indicating a potential upside of 0.64%. Given Chubb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
Chubb18.32% 15.46% 4.26%
Berkshire Hathaway 28.89%6.94%3.77%

Summary

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

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BRK.A vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire HathawayFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.02T$46.77B$10.55B$20.38B
Dividend YieldN/A6.17%10.18%3.46%
P/E Ratio9.5810.6949.3344.22
Price / Sales2.812.183,392.1020.94
Price / Cash20.7019.9630.7218.48
Price / Book1.812.452.985.71
Net Income$96.22B$3.90B$1.01B$983.77M
7 Day Performance1.08%2.70%1.42%3.14%
1 Month Performance4.33%15.04%4.96%5.42%
1 Year Performance29.49%60.70%27.32%27.77%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.8649 of 5 stars
$718,353.75
+0.3%
N/A+30.4%$1.03T$364.48B9.67372,000News Coverage
CB
Chubb
4.7206 of 5 stars
$283.99
-0.4%
$287.37
+1.2%
+26.1%$114.48B$49.74B11.6140,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6156 of 5 stars
$32.10
-1.1%
$37.50
+16.8%
+64.8%$56.24B$36.10B15.6940,000
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.46 of 5 stars
$61.44
+0.4%
N/A+19.7%$35.37B$30.20B13.6330,941
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.7254 of 5 stars
$316.00
+0.5%
$313.87
-0.7%
+28.8%$31.83B$9.48B0.0048,000
PUK
Prudential
3.2867 of 5 stars
$16.41
+3.0%
N/A-29.9%$21.97B$19.50B0.0015,030Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
Gap Up
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.2862 of 5 stars
$86.71
+1.1%
$85.92
-0.9%
+19.8%$19.83B$13.67B12.4819,800
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.407 of 5 stars
$74.76
+1.7%
$71.67
-4.1%
+62.1%$19.58B$2.08B95.494,350
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
3.6895 of 5 stars
$31.79
+0.1%
$34.85
+9.6%
+53.5%$18.08B$21.21B0.005,700Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.703 of 5 stars
$388.89
0.0%
$434.10
+11.6%
-5.8%$16.71B$14.59B6.092,844Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
3.2021 of 5 stars
$48.87
+2.6%
$48.70
-0.3%
+66.9%$15.31B$10.53B-43.698,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BRK.A) was last updated on 11/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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