BRK.B vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, AXP, BAC, BRK.A, 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), Alphabet (GOOG), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Chevron (CVX), CocaCola (KO), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Visa (V).
Berkshire Hathaway vs. Its Competitors
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
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.
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.
67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Apple has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Apple had 203 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 229 mentions for Apple and 26 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.57 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Apple presently has a consensus price target of $247.49, suggesting a potential downside of 3.35%. Berkshire Hathaway has a consensus price target of $367,787.50, suggesting a potential upside of 73,216.73%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Apple.
Summary
Apple beats Berkshire Hathaway on 14 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.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NYSE:BRK.B) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
