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.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is Friday's IBD Stock Of The Day as the massive conglomerate, which is reportedly in talks to sell its real estate brokerage business, emerged unscathed by the S&P 500 correction.