ERIE vs. BRO, WTW, RYAN, EQH, AJG, AON, SBAC, ARE, WRB, and EG
Should you be buying Erie Indemnity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Erie Indemnity include Brown & Brown (BRO), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), W. R. Berkley (WRB), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) and Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Brown & Brown has higher revenue and earnings than Erie Indemnity. Brown & Brown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brown & Brown received 162 more outperform votes than Erie Indemnity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.59% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 54.98% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 91 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Brown & Brown and 1 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Brown & Brown's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.13 indicating that Erie Indemnity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Brown & Brown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Brown & Brown pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Erie Indemnity pays out 55.1% 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. Brown & Brown has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Erie Indemnity has raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Brown & Brown has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Brown & Brown's net margin of 14.26%. Brown & Brown's return on equity of 29.60% beat Erie Indemnity's return on equity.
Brown & Brown currently has a consensus price target of $87.30, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Given Erie Indemnity's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.
Summary
Brown & Brown and Erie Indemnity tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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