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BRO vs. ERIE, ROOT, WTW, AJG, AON, MMC, RYAN, CRD.B, EHTH, and ETOR

Should you be buying Brown & Brown stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown & Brown include Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Root (ROOT), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Crawford & Company (CRD.B), eHealth (EHTH), and eToro Group (ETOR).

Brown & Brown vs. Its Competitors

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) and Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

Brown & Brown has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Erie Indemnity's net margin of 15.73%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.37% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brown & Brown20.84% 17.77% 6.76%
Erie Indemnity 15.73%31.37%21.53%

Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brown & Brown pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Erie Indemnity pays out 46.5% 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. Erie Indemnity has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 54 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Brown & Brown and 5 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Brown & Brown's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.22 indicating that Brown & Brown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brown & Brown
23 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Erie Indemnity
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Brown & Brown currently has a consensus target price of $118.23, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Brown & Brown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brown & Brown
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Erie Indemnity
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brown & Brown has higher revenue and earnings than Erie Indemnity. Erie Indemnity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown & Brown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brown & Brown$4.81B6.44$993M$3.5930.08
Erie Indemnity$3.80B4.19$600.31M$11.7529.32

71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Brown & Brown beats Erie Indemnity on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRO vs. The Competition

MetricBrown & BrownINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.75B$26.65B$12.00B$20.51B
Dividend Yield0.56%1.13%5.55%3.73%
P/E Ratio30.0837.6119.9927.90
Price / Sales6.444.8025.4040.92
Price / Cash23.7033.8121.4522.25
Price / Book4.804.952.274.59
Net Income$993M$835.86M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.14%-0.96%0.37%0.74%
1 Month Performance0.13%0.76%3.05%3.94%
1 Year Performance19.86%2.40%541.27%14.82%

Brown & Brown Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.0776 of 5 stars
$107.99
+0.7%
$118.23
+9.5%
+18.5%$30.75B$4.81B30.0817,403Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.6209 of 5 stars
$346.79
+1.9%
N/A-7.6%$16.02B$3.80B29.516,801
ROOT
Root
0.8747 of 5 stars
$128.00
-0.2%
$136.40
+6.6%
+105.8%$1.97B$1.18B40.001,021Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.2046 of 5 stars
$306.50
+1.0%
$356.30
+16.2%
+17.5%$30.39B$9.93B-612.9946,600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.1965 of 5 stars
$320.23
+0.8%
$319.29
-0.3%
+18.6%$82.01B$11.40B46.3444,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AON
AON
4.537 of 5 stars
$357.12
+1.2%
$397.27
+11.2%
+19.0%$77.12B$15.70B30.4250,000Analyst Forecast
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.4421 of 5 stars
$218.81
+0.8%
$241.93
+10.6%
-0.5%$107.81B$24.46B26.8190,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.7764 of 5 stars
$67.98
+0.6%
$75.58
+11.2%
+14.6%$17.84B$2.52B199.945,250Analyst Forecast
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
4.2439 of 5 stars
$10.45
+2.6%
N/A+27.5%$516.75M$1.34B17.4210,040News Coverage
Gap Up
EHTH
eHealth
3.6772 of 5 stars
$4.35
+4.1%
$6.75
+55.2%
-2.5%$131.94M$532.41M-4.441,773
ETOR
eToro Group
N/A$66.59
+3.1%
$75.88
+13.9%
N/A$5.46B$12.54B0.001,501

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This page (NYSE:BRO) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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