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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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, Apple had 287 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 297 mentions for Apple and 10 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.10 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Apple
191 Very Positive mention(s)
31 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
8 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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%

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

Apple has a consensus price target of $252.47, indicating a potential downside of 3.94%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$371.43B2.86$89.00B$43.77 thousand16.86
Apple$391.04B9.97$93.74B$6.5939.88

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BRK.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRK.A vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire HathawayINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.06T$57.27B$12.64B$22.00B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.57%3.58%
P/E Ratio16.8615.6622.0833.18
Price / Sales2.862.7030.4561.49
Price / Cash17.5429.3922.3624.54
Price / Book1.632.932.204.66
Net Income$89.00B$4.66B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.10%1.45%1.53%2.24%
1 Month Performance-0.86%1.25%0.20%2.10%
1 Year Performance8.18%20.61%538.04%14.01%

Berkshire Hathaway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.6139 of 5 stars
$738,000.94
+0.3%
N/A+7.4%$1.06T$371.43B16.86372,000
AAPL
Apple
4.6304 of 5 stars
$247.85
-0.6%
$248.29
+0.2%
+14.0%$3.68T$391.04B37.66164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7452 of 5 stars
$216.50
+0.4%
$266.26
+23.0%
+20.3%$2.31T$637.96B33.031,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9737 of 5 stars
$513.82
+0.1%
$618.47
+20.4%
+23.3%$3.82T$281.72B37.70228,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AXP
American Express
4.1185 of 5 stars
$326.44
-1.3%
$323.60
-0.9%
+32.3%$227.15B$68.64B22.9175,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BAC
Bank of America
4.9288 of 5 stars
$51.66
-1.2%
$56.14
+8.7%
+23.0%$383.07B$104.52B15.12213,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
2.2643 of 5 stars
$491.06
-1.1%
$575.00
+17.1%
+7.5%$1.06T$371.43B16.83392,400
CVX
Chevron
4.7294 of 5 stars
$152.03
-0.1%
$165.40
+8.8%
+3.4%$262.85B$202.79B19.5845,298Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KO
CocaCola
4.8271 of 5 stars
$67.95
+1.3%
$76.69
+12.9%
+3.6%$292.69B$47.06B24.1269,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.6763 of 5 stars
$41.52
-0.9%
$52.61
+26.7%
-17.0%$40.91B$26.88B24.5913,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
V
Visa
4.7437 of 5 stars
$339.43
-1.8%
$389.00
+14.6%
+22.6%$621.05B$38.89B33.0931,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:BRK.A) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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