WTW vs. MMC, AON, AJG, BRO, ERIE, RYAN, EQH, ACT, CRVL, and BWIN
Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), AON (AON), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Enact (ACT), CorVel (CRVL), and The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Marsh & McLennan Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willis Towers Watson Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marsh & McLennan Companies received 471 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Marsh & McLennan Companies an outperform vote while only 37.80% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Willis Towers Watson Public had 6 more articles in the media than Marsh & McLennan Companies. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public and 23 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Willis Towers Watson Public's score of 0.50 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out 35.3% 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. Marsh & McLennan Companies has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Marsh & McLennan Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a net margin of 16.97% compared to Marsh & McLennan Companies' net margin of 10.88%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 33.92% beat Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity.
Marsh & McLennan Companies presently has a consensus price target of $214.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.71%. Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus price target of $299.36, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Marsh & McLennan Companies.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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