Brown & Brown - BRO Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brown & Brown in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BRO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BRO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Brown & Brown's stock. Their BRO share price forecasts range from $59.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $66.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price.
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Brown & Brown's stock was trading at $56.97 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BRO shares have decreased by 2.8% and is now trading at $55.36.
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Brown & Brown saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,210,000 shares, a drop of 10.8% from the February 13th total of 3,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 24th 2023.
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Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $901.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $897.98 million. Brown & Brown had a net margin of 18.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.88%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share.

Brown & Brown declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.115 per share on Wednesday, February 15th. This represents a $0.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 2nd.
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Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.84%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BRO will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Brown & Brown's stock split on the morning of Thursday, March 29th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 26th 2018. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, March 28th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

232 employees have rated Brown & Brown Chief Executive Officer J. Powell Brown on Glassdoor.com. J. Powell Brown has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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

Brown & Brown's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Select Equity Group L.P. (6.09%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.96%), Morgan Stanley (3.35%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.00%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.83%) and First Eagle Investment Management LLC (1.69%). Insiders that own company stock include H Palmer Proctor Jr, Hugh M Brown, Hyatt J Brown, James Charles Hays, Lawrence L Gellerstedt III, Robert W Lloyd and Stephen M Boyd.
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Shares of BRO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.36.

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) has a market capitalization of $15.74 billion and generates $3.57 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $671.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.36 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,201 workers across the globe.

Brown & Brown's mailing address is 220 South Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach FL, 32114. The official website for the company is www.bbinsurance.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (386) 252-9601 or via fax at 386-239-5729.