BRK.B vs. PGR, TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, WRB, 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), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), 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.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Progressive had 36 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Progressive and 26 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Progressive's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.15 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Progressive received 330 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.75% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.
Berkshire Hathaway presently has a consensus price target of $457.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.40%. Progressive has a consensus price target of $276.12, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given Progressive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Progressive is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.
Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progressive has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% 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.
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.
Summary
Progressive beats Berkshire Hathaway on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRK.B) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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