BRO vs. AJG, AON, WTW, ERIE, RYAN, EQH, IX, IRM, TW, and MTB
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), ORIX (IX), Iron Mountain (IRM), Tradeweb Markets (TW), and M&T Bank (MTB). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
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 18.94% beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 138 more outperform votes than Brown & Brown when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.98% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote while only 54.98% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 80 more articles in the media than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Brown & Brown and 12 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. Brown & Brown's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s score of 0.13 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. currently has a consensus target price of $255.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Brown & Brown has a consensus target price of $87.30, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Given Brown & Brown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is more favorable than Brown & Brown.
Summary
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats Brown & Brown on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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