RYAN vs. AJG, WTW, BRO, ERIE, EQH, ACT, CRVL, BWIN, BRP, and HGTY
Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Equitable (EQH), Enact (ACT), CorVel (CRVL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), and Hagerty (HGTY). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) 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.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 518 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.
84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 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.
Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 9.15%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 45.87% beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. had 5 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and 6 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.19 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ryan Specialty currently has a consensus price target of $55.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.25%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a consensus price target of $255.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.94%. Given Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.
Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ryan Specialty pays out 83.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats Ryan Specialty on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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