BRK.A vs. BRK.B, PGR, CB, AIG, TRV, ALL, ACGL, HIG, MKL, and WRB
Should you be buying Berkshire Hathaway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hathaway include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), American International Group (AIG), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Markel Group (MKL), and W. R. Berkley (WRB). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Berkshire Hathaway received 44 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.77% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 67.92% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote.
Berkshire Hathaway presently has a consensus price target of $621,591.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.24%. Berkshire Hathaway has a consensus price target of $432.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.
23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Berkshire Hathaway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hathaway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Berkshire Hathaway'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Berkshire Hathaway beats Berkshire Hathaway on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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