AJG vs. MMC, AON, BRO, CRD.B, EHTH, WTW, RYAN, ERIE, EQH, and CRVL
Should you be buying Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. include Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), AON (AON), Brown & Brown (BRO), Crawford & Company (CRD.B), eHealth (EHTH), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Equitable (EQH), and CorVel (CRVL). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. vs. Its Competitors
Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a net margin of 16.60% compared to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s net margin of 12.70%. Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity of 32.60% beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 51 more outperform votes than Marsh & McLennan Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.28% of users gave Marsh & McLennan Companies an outperform vote while only 58.97% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. Marsh & McLennan Companies 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.
In the previous week, Marsh & McLennan Companies and Marsh & McLennan Companies both had 27 articles in the media. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s score of 1.29 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marsh & McLennan Companies presently has a consensus target price of $241.93, indicating a potential upside of 11.39%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a consensus target price of $319.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.92%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Marsh & McLennan Companies is more favorable than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co..
Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 37.6% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Summary
Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AJG) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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