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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

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

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

Brown & Brown presently has a consensus price target of $118.23, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. Given Brown & Brown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brown & Brown is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brown & Brown
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Erie Indemnity
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brown & Brown$4.85B6.35$993M$3.5929.94
Erie Indemnity$3.80B4.24$600.31M$11.7529.67

In the previous week, Brown & Brown had 70 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Brown & Brown and 4 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Erie Indemnity's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Brown & Brown's score of 0.28 indicating that Erie Indemnity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brown & Brown
21 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
8 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Erie Indemnity
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Brown & Brown pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brown & Brown pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Erie Indemnity pays out 46.5% 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. Erie Indemnity has increased 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.

Brown & Brown has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Erie Indemnity's net margin of 15.73%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.37% beat Brown & Brown's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brown & Brown20.84% 17.77% 6.76%
Erie Indemnity 15.73%31.37%21.53%

Brown & Brown has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BRO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRO vs. The Competition

MetricBrown & BrownINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.92B$26.65B$11.95B$20.58B
Dividend Yield0.56%1.13%5.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio30.0437.2619.2327.82
Price / Sales6.355.0725.9955.32
Price / Cash23.5932.4318.5117.94
Price / Book4.774.992.304.59
Net Income$993M$835.86M$989.78M$988.48M
7 Day Performance-0.24%3.01%0.64%1.00%
1 Month Performance0.80%6.50%4.16%5.31%
1 Year Performance14.66%-0.13%539.69%10.38%

Brown & Brown Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRO
Brown & Brown
3.8203 of 5 stars
$107.49
+0.7%
$118.23
+10.0%
+13.9%$30.92B$4.85B30.0417,403Trending News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.6122 of 5 stars
$341.25
-1.6%
N/A-6.8%$15.76B$3.99B29.046,801
ROOT
Root
1.285 of 5 stars
$119.72
-4.0%
$136.40
+13.9%
+66.8%$1.84B$1.27B37.411,021Analyst Upgrade
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1565 of 5 stars
$305.42
-0.4%
$355.20
+16.3%
+16.3%$30.28B$9.93B-610.8348,900
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.157 of 5 stars
$315.76
-0.7%
$317.93
+0.7%
+14.9%$80.87B$11.40B45.7056,000Positive News
AON
AON
4.2915 of 5 stars
$353.19
-0.4%
$396.33
+12.2%
+19.4%$76.27B$15.70B30.0860,000Dividend Announcement
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.4968 of 5 stars
$213.04
-0.9%
$240.79
+13.0%
-3.1%$104.97B$24.46B26.1190,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8674 of 5 stars
$66.38
-0.6%
$75.25
+13.4%
+12.0%$17.42B$2.65B195.245,250
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
4.3491 of 5 stars
$10.32
+0.1%
N/A+24.1%$510.32M$1.34B17.2010,040Positive News
Gap Down
EHTH
eHealth
3.9845 of 5 stars
$4.14
-0.5%
$6.75
+63.0%
-17.6%$125.55M$552.57M-4.221,520
ETOR
eToro Group
N/A$61.22
-2.5%
$75.88
+23.9%
N/A$5.02B$12.54B0.001,501

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This page (NYSE:BRO) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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