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BRK.A vs. CB, MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, RYAN, EG, PFG, CRBG, 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), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Everest Group (EG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Chubb's net margin of 16.63%. Chubb's return on equity of 13.75% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chubb16.63% 13.75% 3.79%
Berkshire Hathaway 28.89%6.94%3.77%

Chubb has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Chubb received 418 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 62.97% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChubbOutperform Votes
733
62.97%
Underperform Votes
431
37.03%
Berkshire HathawayOutperform Votes
315
73.77%
Underperform Votes
112
26.23%

Chubb presently has a consensus price target of $307.86, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Given Chubb's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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$56.73B2.03$9.27B$20.7813.83
Berkshire Hathaway$424.23B2.74$96.22B$61.91 thousand13.07

In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 31 more articles in the media than Chubb. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 42 mentions for Chubb. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.39 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chubb
21 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berkshire Hathaway
24 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
35 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Chubb beats Berkshire Hathaway on 11 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$1.16T$49.57B$11.28B$19.20B
Dividend YieldN/A2.32%5.57%4.00%
P/E Ratio10.9011.6322.2633.50
Price / Sales2.746.6126.5829.18
Price / Cash20.9516.8117.6017.52
Price / Book2.062.332.644.55
Net Income$96.22B$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.58%3.57%1.99%2.29%
1 Month Performance1.78%3.59%3.56%2.94%
1 Year Performance32.89%23.78%535.34%4.68%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.8326 of 5 stars
$809,350.00
+1.8%
N/A+33.5%$1.16T$424.23B10.90372,000News Coverage
CB
Chubb
4.6624 of 5 stars
$282.35
+1.2%
$307.79
+9.0%
+14.8%$113.13B$56.65B12.4334,000Short Interest ↑
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9447 of 5 stars
$30.49
+0.8%
$45.50
+49.2%
+33.1%$52.39B$45.58B14.7340,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.5251 of 5 stars
$58.69
+0.6%
N/A+15.3%$33.31B$28.68B15.2829,200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.2112 of 5 stars
$303.16
+0.3%
$348.25
+14.9%
+23.6%$30.22B$9.81B-303.1646,600News Coverage
PUK
Prudential
4.2881 of 5 stars
$21.64
+1.0%
N/A+17.6%$28.27B$8.14B9.3314,500Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.7741 of 5 stars
$65.24
+0.6%
$75.67
+16.0%
+26.6%$17.09B$2.52B94.553,850Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.7759 of 5 stars
$355.38
+0.6%
$396.00
+11.4%
-6.4%$16.98B$17.08B11.312,430Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.727 of 5 stars
$73.87
+0.6%
$84.69
+14.7%
-4.5%$16.62B$16.13B11.0619,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.8017 of 5 stars
$29.90
+1.3%
$36.15
+20.9%
+8.8%$16.52B$19.06B7.917,700Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.2136 of 5 stars
$50.42
+1.5%
$60.91
+20.8%
+32.0%$15.47B$12.44B13.208,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BRK.A) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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