Erie Indemnity (ERIE) Competitors

Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is ERIE or BRO more profitable?

Brown & Brown has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Erie Indemnity's net margin of 14.26%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 29.60% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Erie Indemnity	14.26%	29.60%	19.88%
Brown & Brown	21.09%	16.43%	6.15%

Does the media refer more to ERIE or BRO?

In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 99 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Brown & Brown and 0 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Brown & Brown's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.00 indicating that Brown & Brown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Erie Indemnity	Neutral
Brown & Brown	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ERIE or BRO?

Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ERIE or BRO?

Brown & Brown has a consensus price target of $87.30, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. Given Brown & Brown's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Erie Indemnity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Brown & Brown	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has better valuation and earnings, ERIE or BRO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Erie Indemnity	$3.27B	6.35	$446.06M	$9.26	42.85
Brown & Brown	$4.33B	5.92	$870.50M	$3.25	27.64

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ERIE or BRO?

33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ERIE or BRO a better dividend stock?

Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Erie Indemnity pays out 55.1% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ERIE or BRO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Erie Indemnity	Outperform Votes 241 63.59%	Underperform Votes 138 36.41%
Brown & Brown	Outperform Votes 403 54.98%	Underperform Votes 330 45.02%

Summary

Brown & Brown beats Erie Indemnity on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.