NYSE:BRO - Brown & Brown Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Brown & Brown trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BRO."

Brown & Brown announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 10th. Investors of record on Friday, October 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share on Wednesday, November 7th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 25th. This is a boost from Brown & Brown's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. View Brown & Brown's Dividend History.

Brown & Brown's stock split before market open on Thursday, March 29th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 26th 2018. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, March 28th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Brown & Brown stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $530.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $508.82 million. Brown & Brown had a return on equity of 12.36% and a net margin of 23.15%. Brown & Brown's revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.27 EPS. View Brown & Brown's Earnings History.

Brown & Brown is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Brown & Brown.

11 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Brown & Brown's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect Brown & Brown's stock price to reach $29.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Brown & Brown.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brown & Brown in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Brown & Brown.

News headlines about BRO stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Brown & Brown earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Brown & Brown's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc (8.67%), BlackRock Inc. (7.35%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.37%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (4.13%), Select Equity Group L.P. (2.96%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.30%). Company insiders that own Brown & Brown stock include Anthony T Strianese, Hyatt J Brown, Michael Waldkirch and Richard Silas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Brown & Brown.

BRO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, FMR LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Brown & Brown company stock in the last year include Anthony T Strianese and Hyatt J Brown. View Insider Buying and Selling for Brown & Brown.

BRO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Select Equity Group L.P., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Victory Capital Management Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Marshall Wace LLP, Citadel Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Bessemer Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Brown & Brown.

Shares of BRO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.62.

Brown & Brown has a market capitalization of $7.71 billion and generates $1.88 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $399.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.96 on an earnings per share basis. Brown & Brown employs 1,990 workers across the globe.

The official website for Brown & Brown is http://www.bbinsurance.com.

Brown & Brown's mailing address is 220 S. RIDGEWOOD AVE., DAYTONA BEACH FL, 32114. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 386-252-9601.