AJG vs. AON, BRO, MMC, WTW, ERIE, RYAN, COF, AIG, TFC, and MET
Should you be buying Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. include AON (AON), Brown & Brown (BRO), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Capital One Financial (COF), American International Group (AIG), Truist Financial (TFC), and MetLife (MET). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) and AON (NYSE:AON) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. AON pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AON pays out 21.2% 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.
In the previous week, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. had 6 more articles in the media than AON. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and 12 mentions for AON. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat AON's score of 0.43 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AON has higher revenue and earnings than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. AON 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. presently has a consensus target price of $255.77, indicating a potential downside of 0.74%. AON has a consensus target price of $329.69, indicating a potential upside of 12.73%. Given AON's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AON is more favorable than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co..
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 4 more outperform votes than AON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.02% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave AON an outperform vote.
85.5% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of AON shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of AON shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AON has a net margin of 19.04% compared to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s net margin of 10.27%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity of 18.94% beat AON's return on equity.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AON has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats AON on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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