WTW vs. BRO, ERIE, RYAN, EQH, AJG, AON, MMC, RJF, FITB, and CBRE
Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Raymond James (RJF), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), and CBRE Group (CBRE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Brown & Brown has a net margin of 21.09% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of 10.88%. Brown & Brown's return on equity of 16.43% beat Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out 35.3% 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.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 75 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for Brown & Brown and 19 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.06 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Willis Towers Watson Public has higher revenue and earnings than Brown & Brown. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown & Brown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus price target of $296.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.46%. Brown & Brown has a consensus price target of $87.30, indicating a potential upside of 4.55%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Brown & Brown.
Brown & Brown received 377 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.05% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote while only 34.67% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Brown & Brown 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.
Summary
Brown & Brown beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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