BRO vs. AJG, RYAN, EQH, WTW, LPLA, WRB, OWL, HBAN, WPC, and MKL
Should you be buying Brown & Brown stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown & Brown include Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), LPL Financial (LPLA), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), W. P. Carey (WPC), and Markel (MKL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brown & Brown vs.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) and Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. currently has a consensus price target of $213.71, suggesting a potential upside of 11.71%. Brown & Brown has a consensus price target of $66.30, suggesting a potential upside of 15.46%. Given Brown & Brown's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co..
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown & Brown pays out 19.5% 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. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Brown & Brown has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years.
82.1% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Brown & Brown shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Brown & Brown. Brown & Brown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% 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.
In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 59 more articles in the media than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Brown & Brown and 9 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.22 indicating that Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. received 154 more outperform votes than Brown & Brown when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote while only 55.59% of users gave Brown & Brown an outperform vote.
Brown & Brown has a net margin of 18.80% compared to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s net margin of 13.08%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity of 18.64% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.
Summary
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats Brown & Brown on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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