BRK.A vs. BRK.B, JPM, BAC, PGR, CB, AIG, TRV, ALL, ACGL, and HIG
Should you be buying Berkshire Hathaway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hathaway include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Progressive (PGR), Chubb (CB), American International Group (AIG), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), and The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Berkshire Hathaway currently has a consensus price target of $414.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. Berkshire Hathaway has a consensus price target of $621,591.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. Given Berkshire Hathaway's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Berkshire Hathaway is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.
Berkshire Hathaway received 45 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hathaway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.77% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave Berkshire Hathaway an outperform vote.
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.
39.3% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 2 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 15 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.17 indicating that Berkshire Hathaway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Berkshire Hathaway beats Berkshire Hathaway on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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