BRO vs. AJG, AON, WTW, ERIE, RYAN, EQH, FCNCA, EQR, TW, and IX
Should you be buying Brown & Brown stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown & Brown include Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Equity Residential (EQR), Tradeweb Markets (TW), and ORIX (IX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 138 more outperform votes than Brown & Brown when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote while only 55.13% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 79 more articles in the media than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 106 mentions for Brown & Brown and 27 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. Brown & Brown's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s score of 0.26 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.5% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 48.6% 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. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Brown & Brown has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. currently has a consensus price target of $255.23, indicating a potential upside of 9.02%. Brown & Brown has a consensus price target of $87.10, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Given Brown & Brown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is more favorable than Brown & Brown.
Brown & Brown has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Brown & Brown's net margin of 10.27%. Brown & Brown's return on equity of 19.27% beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Brown & Brown. Brown & Brown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats Brown & Brown on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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