Erie Indemnity (ERIE) Competitors

Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) and Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Is RYAN or ERIE a better dividend stock?

Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ryan Specialty pays out 137.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Erie Indemnity pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Erie Indemnity has raised its dividend for 36 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RYAN or ERIE?

84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RYAN or ERIE?

Erie Indemnity has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Erie Indemnity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, 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
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	5.41	$94.67M	$0.35	147.51
Erie Indemnity	$3.80B	4.12	$600.31M	$11.96	28.32

Do analysts prefer RYAN or ERIE?

Ryan Specialty currently has a consensus price target of $74.83, suggesting a potential upside of 44.94%. Given Ryan Specialty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ryan Specialty is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryan Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Erie Indemnity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer RYAN or ERIE?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 5 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 3 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Erie Indemnity's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.69 indicating that Erie Indemnity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryan Specialty	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Erie Indemnity	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RYAN or ERIE more profitable?

Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.73% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 6.81%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.70% beat Erie Indemnity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryan Specialty	6.81%	48.70%	5.59%
Erie Indemnity	15.73%	30.53%	21.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, RYAN or ERIE?

Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ryan Specialty beats Erie Indemnity on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.