BRO vs. MMC, AJG, AON, EHTH, WTW, RYAN, ERIE, EQH, CRVL, and ACT
Should you be buying Brown & Brown stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown & Brown include Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), eHealth (EHTH), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Equitable (EQH), CorVel (CRVL), and Enact (ACT). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Brown & Brown vs.
Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown & Brown pays out 16.7% 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 beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 7 more articles in the media than Marsh & McLennan Companies. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Brown & Brown and 30 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.75 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marsh & McLennan Companies received 85 more outperform votes than Brown & Brown when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.28% of users gave Marsh & McLennan Companies an outperform vote while only 54.58% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Brown & Brown. Marsh & McLennan Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown & Brown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marsh & McLennan Companies currently has a consensus target price of $241.93, indicating a potential upside of 6.48%. Brown & Brown has a consensus target price of $116.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marsh & McLennan Companies is more favorable than Brown & Brown.
Brown & Brown has a net margin of 20.68% compared to Marsh & McLennan Companies' net margin of 16.60%. Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity of 32.60% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.
Summary
Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Brown & Brown on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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