BRO vs. MMC, AJG, AON, CRD.B, EHTH, WTW, RYAN, ERIE, EQH, and CRVL
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), 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.
Brown & Brown vs. Its Competitors
Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
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.
Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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 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 received 83 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 54.56% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 48 more articles in the media than Marsh & McLennan Companies. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Brown & Brown and 25 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.21 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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, 15.6% of Brown & Brown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marsh & McLennan Companies presently has a consensus price target of $241.93, indicating a potential upside of 10.33%. Brown & Brown has a consensus price target of $118.69, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. Given Brown & Brown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Marsh & McLennan Companies.
Summary
Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Brown & Brown on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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