Question 1

Which is bigger, BRK.A or SF?

Accepted Answer

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is the larger company — market cap $1.11T vs $10.6B for Stifel Financial Corp..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, BRK.A or SF?

Accepted Answer

BRK.A keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 22.3% vs 13.7% for SF.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, BRK.A or SF?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, SF trades at a lower P/E — 11.1 vs 11.6 for BRK.A. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	BRK.A	SF
Price	$774 295.00	$70.34
Market cap	$1.11T	$10.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$385B	$6.69B
Revenue growth	+7.1%	+11.4%
Net margin	22.3%	13.7%
Free cash flow	$24.2B	$361M
Net cash (debt)	$238B	$2.90M
1-year price return	+4.0%	-5.2%
P/E	11.6	11.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	33%	72%
Dividend yield	—	2.41%
Return on equity	12%	16%
Altman Z-score	—	0.43
CV checks passed	8 of 10	9 of 10
Employees	387,800	9,000

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. vs Stifel Financial Corp.