WTW vs. BRO, ERIE, RYAN, EQH, AJG, AON, MMC, MTB, TW, and FITB Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), M&T Bank (MTB), Tradeweb Markets (TW), and Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW ) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO ) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 77 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Brown & Brown and 15 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.20 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus target price of $295.54, suggesting a potential upside of 14.82%. Brown & Brown has a consensus target price of $87.30, suggesting a potential downside of 2.82%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Brown & Brown.
Brown & Brown received 376 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.98% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote while only 35.53% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
Brown & Brown has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of 10.88%. Brown & Brown's return on equity of 16.43% beat Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown & Brown pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Willis Towers Watson Public has higher revenue and earnings than Brown & Brown. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown & Brown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary Brown & Brown beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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