Berkshire Hathaway uses its "operating earnings," which exclude the capital gains or losses from its investment portfolio, to measure its bottom-line growth instead of its net income on a generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP) basis. Buffett says that proprietary metric tunes out the near-term noise from the stocks in its portfolio.

We recently published a list of 10 Most Profitable Large Cap Stocks to Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) stands against other most profitable large cap stocks to buy now.