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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Competitors

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BRK.A vs. AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, AXP, BAC, BRK.B, 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), Microsoft (MSFT), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Chevron (CVX), CocaCola (KO), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Visa (V).

Berkshire Hathaway vs. Its Competitors

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.91$89.00B$43.77 thousand17.17
Apple$408.63B9.38$93.74B$6.5939.18

Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a consensus target price of $247.49, indicating a potential downside of 4.16%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Berkshire Hathaway17.00% 6.96% 3.92%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

In the previous week, Apple had 206 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 240 mentions for Apple and 34 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.43 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Berkshire Hathaway
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Apple
161 Very Positive mention(s)
24 Positive mention(s)
33 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Apple beats Berkshire Hathaway on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRK.A vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire HathawayINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.08T$59.03B$12.62B$21.79B
Dividend YieldN/A1.86%5.51%3.56%
P/E Ratio17.1816.75245.6829.79
Price / Sales2.912.7430.9366.47
Price / Cash17.7828.6322.4924.69
Price / Book1.663.082.284.61
Net Income$89.00B$4.66B$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.18%1.87%0.09%1.96%
1 Month Performance0.03%4.49%1.40%4.46%
1 Year Performance10.68%23.08%541.30%14.46%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.6628 of 5 stars
$751,712.50
+1.0%
N/A+8.7%$1.08T$371.43B17.18372,000Trending News
AAPL
Apple
4.6297 of 5 stars
$254.43
-0.6%
$244.03
-4.1%
+13.4%$3.78T$391.04B38.61164,000Trending News
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AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8291 of 5 stars
$220.71
-3.0%
$263.30
+19.3%
+20.4%$2.35T$637.96B33.641,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9573 of 5 stars
$509.23
-1.0%
$612.54
+20.3%
+23.6%$3.79T$281.72B37.33228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AXP
American Express
4.634 of 5 stars
$341.74
+0.2%
$315.20
-7.8%
+22.0%$237.81B$65.95B23.9875,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BAC
Bank of America
4.9188 of 5 stars
$51.68
-0.5%
$50.76
-1.8%
+28.6%$382.78B$192.43B15.11213,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
2.2117 of 5 stars
$494.37
+0.1%
$575.00
+16.3%
+8.7%$1.07T$371.43B16.95392,400Trending News
CVX
Chevron
4.6945 of 5 stars
$157.29
+0.8%
$165.05
+4.9%
+1.7%$271.80B$202.79B20.2445,298Trending News
KO
CocaCola
4.802 of 5 stars
$66.71
+0.8%
$76.93
+15.3%
-6.9%$287.08B$47.06B23.6669,700Trending News
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.6717 of 5 stars
$46.39
+1.4%
$54.70
+17.9%
-17.1%$45.66B$26.88B27.4513,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
V
Visa
4.7251 of 5 stars
$338.66
-1.7%
$385.96
+14.0%
+24.9%$620.70B$35.93B33.0731,600Positive News
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This page (NYSE:BRK.A) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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