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BRO vs. MMC, AJG, AON, EHTH, WTW, RYAN, ERIE, EQH, CRVL, and BRP

Should you be buying Brown & Brown stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown & Brown include Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), eHealth (EHTH), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Equitable (EQH), CorVel (CRVL), and The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.

Brown & Brown vs.

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) and Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Brown & Brown has a net margin of 20.68% compared to Marsh & McLennan Companies' net margin of 16.60%. Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity of 32.60% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brown & Brown20.68% 17.81% 6.69%
Marsh & McLennan Companies 16.60%32.60%8.63%

In the previous week, Brown & Brown and Brown & Brown both had 42 articles in the media. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.82 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brown & Brown
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Marsh & McLennan Companies
38 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Brown & Brown. Marsh & McLennan Companies 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$4.71B7.56$993M$3.4635.94
Marsh & McLennan Companies$24.46B4.89$4.06B$8.1929.76

71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Marsh & McLennan Companies received 87 more outperform votes than Brown & Brown when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Marsh & McLennan Companies an outperform vote while only 54.69% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brown & BrownOutperform Votes
420
54.69%
Underperform Votes
348
45.31%
Marsh & McLennan CompaniesOutperform Votes
507
61.60%
Underperform Votes
316
38.40%

Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brown & Brown currently has a consensus price target of $112.67, suggesting a potential downside of 9.40%. Marsh & McLennan Companies has a consensus price target of $233.41, suggesting a potential downside of 4.23%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marsh & McLennan Companies is more favorable than Brown & Brown.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brown & Brown
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Marsh & McLennan Companies
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Brown & Brown pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 39.8% 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. Marsh & McLennan Companies has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Marsh & McLennan Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Brown & Brown on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRO vs. The Competition

MetricBrown & BrownInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.56B$19.59B$11.41B$19.64B
Dividend Yield0.49%1.27%5.40%3.77%
P/E Ratio35.9426.5922.7433.46
Price / Sales7.565.4125.6826.71
Price / Cash24.6726.5517.6217.54
Price / Book5.5219.342.754.61
Net Income$993M$731.04M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.14%-1.14%-0.63%-0.86%
1 Month Performance4.87%-4.52%498.74%-3.14%
1 Year Performance45.50%4.52%536.92%5.48%

Brown & Brown Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRO
Brown & Brown
3.8825 of 5 stars
$124.36
+0.2%
$112.67
-9.4%
+45.5%$35.56B$4.71B35.9415,200Short Interest ↑
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.6471 of 5 stars
$244.63
+0.9%
$233.41
-4.6%
+20.0%$120.20B$24.46B29.8885,000Insider Trade
Positive News
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.6201 of 5 stars
$344.55
+1.1%
$313.20
-9.1%
+40.4%$88.15B$11.55B52.8744,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AON
AON
3.6677 of 5 stars
$398.83
+1.1%
$386.21
-3.2%
+20.2%$86.16B$15.70B31.5150,000Positive News
EHTH
eHealth
2.8001 of 5 stars
$6.70
+1.7%
$6.38
-4.8%
+19.0%$200.47M$532.41M-2.351,903Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.1535 of 5 stars
$338.04
+0.5%
$346.15
+2.4%
+26.0%$33.76B$9.93B-338.6846,600News Coverage
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.0171 of 5 stars
$74.10
+1.6%
$75.27
+1.6%
+43.5%$19.46B$2.52B107.693,850Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.5958 of 5 stars
$419.34
+2.1%
N/A+3.6%$19.37B$3.86B39.236,040
EQH
Equitable
4.4312 of 5 stars
$52.08
+0.8%
$57.75
+10.9%
+47.5%$16.00B$12.44B13.658,200Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
1.2655 of 5 stars
$112.46
+1.0%
N/A+34.0%$5.78B$871.31M66.204,230Positive News
BRP
The Baldwin Insurance Group
2.0209 of 5 stars
$45.11
-2.0%
$33.00
-26.8%
+54.6%$5.30B$1.27B-49.039,200
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