Question 1

Which is bigger, BRK.A or NTRS?

Accepted Answer

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is the larger company — market cap $1.11T vs $30.8B for Northern Trust Corp.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, BRK.A or NTRS?

Accepted Answer

NTRS keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 42.6% vs 22.3% for BRK.A.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, BRK.A or NTRS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, BRK.A trades at a lower P/E — 11.6 vs 13.7 for NTRS. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which is the better stock — BRK.A or NTRS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, BRK.A leads 5 of 10 comparable metrics and NTRS leads 5. StockCV rates BRK.A “Mixed” and NTRS “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	BRK.A	NTRS
Price	$774 295.00	$168.21
Market cap	$1.11T	$30.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$385B	$5.26B
Revenue growth	+7.1%	+2.6%
Net margin	22.3%	42.6%
Free cash flow	$24.2B	$445M
Net cash (debt)	$238B	($12.4B)
1-year price return	+4.0%	+29.4%
P/E	11.6	13.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	33%	51%
Dividend yield	—	2.08%
Return on equity	12%	17%
CV checks passed	8 of 10	9 of 10
Employees	387,800	23,800

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. vs Northern Trust Corp