Allstate vs Berkshire Hathaway
ALL and BRK.B side by side, both in fire, marine, and casualty insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALL and BRK.B compare
Allstate grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.9% versus 3.9% for Berkshire Hathaway).
Berkshire Hathaway keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 22.3% compared with 19.0% at Allstate.
Allstate pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Berkshire Hathaway does not pay one.
Allstate scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 5 for Berkshire Hathaway), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALL | BRK.B |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $65.7B | – |
| Share price | $259.87 | $542.49 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.8% | 14.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 122% | 88.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.45 | 0.61 |
| Employees | 53K | 388K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 5.2× | – |
| P/S | 0.9× | – |
| P/B | 1.9× | – |
| P/FCF | 5.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 18.6% | – |
| Fair value | $391.80 | – |
| Margin of safety | 33.7% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.9% (better) | 3.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.1% (better) | 8.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 129% (better) | 36.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 135% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 19.0% | 22.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 17.5% (better) | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 46.1% (better) | 12.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 1.75 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | – |
| Payout ratio | 8.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 15 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 13.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | 3.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 5.4% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 84.0% | 65.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.37% | 0.09% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$80.8M | −$19.5M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 16 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.8% | – |
Go deeper
- ALL stock overview
- ALL income statement
- ALL valuation and score
- BRK.B stock overview
- BRK.B income statement
- BRK.B valuation and score
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