AJG vs. AON, BRO, MMC, WTW, ERIE, COIN, IBKR, BNS, TFC, and AIG
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), Coinbase Global (COIN), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Truist Financial (TFC), and American International Group (AIG). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AON pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. AON is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of AON shares are owned by 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.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 4 more outperform votes than AON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave AON an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. both had 20 articles in the media. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat AON's score of 0.41 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. presently has a consensus price target of $255.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. AON has a consensus price target of $321.86, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Given AON's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AON is more favorable than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co..
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, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AON has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
AON beats Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AJG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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