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$87.79 +0.37 (+0.42%)
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BRO vs. ERIE, ROOT, WTW, AJG, AON, MMC, RYAN, CRD.B, EHTH, and ETOR

Should you be buying Brown & Brown stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown & Brown include Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Root (ROOT), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Crawford & Company (CRD.B), eHealth (EHTH), and eToro Group (ETOR).

Brown & Brown vs. Its Competitors

Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brown & Brown has a consensus price target of $109.92, indicating a potential upside of 25.21%. Given Brown & Brown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Erie Indemnity
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Brown & Brown
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Brown & Brown has a net margin of 19.89% compared to Erie Indemnity's net margin of 15.73%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 30.53% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Erie Indemnity15.73% 30.53% 21.10%
Brown & Brown 19.89%15.10%6.11%

Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Erie Indemnity pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown & Brown pays out 17.3% 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. Erie Indemnity has raised its dividend for 36 consecutive years. Erie Indemnity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Brown & Brown has higher revenue and earnings than Erie Indemnity. Brown & Brown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Erie Indemnity$3.80B3.85$600.31M$11.9626.48
Brown & Brown$4.95B5.85$993M$3.4725.30

In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 62 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Brown & Brown and 2 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Brown & Brown's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.19 indicating that Brown & Brown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Erie Indemnity
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Brown & Brown
24 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Brown & Brown beats Erie Indemnity on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRO vs. The Competition

MetricBrown & BrownINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.83B$24.40B$12.45B$21.75B
Dividend Yield0.64%1.23%5.60%3.62%
P/E Ratio25.3052.1328.5732.43
Price / Sales5.854.2029.6558.79
Price / Cash19.3234.1222.2424.38
Price / Book3.904.382.234.59
Net Income$993M$835.86M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.56%-3.86%0.22%1.31%
1 Month Performance-4.50%-3.67%-2.52%-1.47%
1 Year Performance-17.48%-8.87%533.63%9.54%

Brown & Brown Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.8619 of 5 stars
$87.79
+0.4%
$109.92
+25.2%
-17.9%$28.83B$4.95B25.3017,403Trending News
Analyst Revision
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
2.1098 of 5 stars
$316.19
-0.9%
N/A-34.4%$14.60B$3.80B26.446,801News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ROOT
Root
2.8856 of 5 stars
$83.24
-4.1%
$123.83
+48.8%
+79.6%$1.29B$1.18B16.611,021
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0704 of 5 stars
$349.40
+0.7%
$368.75
+5.5%
+13.4%$34.08B$9.81B239.3248,900
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.8251 of 5 stars
$309.30
-0.4%
$328.80
+6.3%
-3.5%$79.30B$12.47B43.9356,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
AON
AON
4.5914 of 5 stars
$366.15
+0.6%
$415.06
+13.4%
-3.4%$78.95B$16.75B30.6760,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.9837 of 5 stars
$201.37
+0.1%
$238.76
+18.6%
-16.4%$99.00B$25.80B24.1590,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.1636 of 5 stars
$57.95
+0.2%
$73.92
+27.6%
-25.1%$15.28B$2.52B165.585,250
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
3.8994 of 5 stars
$9.62
-2.9%
N/A-15.7%$477.74M$1.34B16.3110,040
EHTH
eHealth
3.7976 of 5 stars
$5.26
+18.5%
$7.67
+45.8%
-3.0%$160.75M$532.41M-8.351,773High Trading Volume
ETOR
eToro Group
2.8258 of 5 stars
$41.20
+0.5%
$71.44
+73.4%
N/A$3.37B$13.24B0.001,501Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:BRO) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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