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NYSE:BRO

Brown & Brown - BRO Competitors

$57.42
+0.80 (+1.41%)
(As of 03/31/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$56.83
$57.48
50-Day Range
$53.43
$61.96
52-Week Range
$52.82
$74.00
Volume
852,585 shs
Average Volume
1.22 million shs
Market Capitalization
$16.29 billion
P/E Ratio
24.33
Dividend Yield
0.80%
Price Target
$66.30

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..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Brown & Brown
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.$8.54 billion4.79$1.11 billion$5.2036.79
Brown & Brown$3.57 billion4.56$671.80 million$2.3624.33

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brown & Brown
12 Very Positive mention(s)
20 Positive mention(s)
26 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Outperform Votes
532
61.65%
Underperform Votes
331
38.35%
Brown & BrownOutperform Votes
378
55.59%
Underperform Votes
302
44.41%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 13.08% 18.64% 4.14%
Brown & Brown 18.80% 14.88% 5.10%

Summary

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. beats Brown & Brown on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 & BrownInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.29B$17.41B$6.25B$14.78B
Dividend Yield0.82%2.31%8.75%3.84%
P/E Ratio24.33125.25141.4923.64
Price / Sales4.564.185,811.9411.07
Price / Cash19.1833.7724.1524.64
Price / Book3.534.773.606.91
Net Income$671.80M$836.62M$648.43M$868.49M
7 Day Performance3.72%4.55%1.45%4.44%
1 Month Performance2.26%-3.14%-4.72%-3.75%
1 Year Performance-20.87%41.33%0.55%-12.32%

Brown & Brown Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
3.1594 of 5 stars
$189.00
+1.3%
$213.71
+13.1%
+8.5%$40.09B$8.55B36.3544,000Short Interest ↑
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
1.9907 of 5 stars
$39.28
+1.7%
$46.38
+18.1%
+1.3%$10.20B$1.73B77.023,850News Coverage
EQH
Equitable
3.061 of 5 stars
$24.18
+2.2%
$37.67
+55.8%
-17.7%$8.75B$14.02B5.527,800Short Interest ↑
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.2534 of 5 stars
$230.40
+0.4%
$267.23
+16.0%
-2.1%$24.56B$8.87B25.2646,600
LPLA
LPL Financial
3.171 of 5 stars
$201.11
+0.7%
$260.88
+29.7%
+10.4%$15.82B$8.60B19.306,900Short Interest ↑
WRB
W. R. Berkley
2.9471 of 5 stars
$61.99
+0.9%
$79.09
+27.6%
-7.5%$16.33B$11.17B12.528,186Short Interest ↑
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
2.5617 of 5 stars
$11.07
+0.1%
$15.18
+37.1%
-13.4%$15.58B$1.37B-369.00350
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
3.04 of 5 stars
$11.34
+2.0%
$15.47
+36.4%
-22.4%$16.44B$7.95B7.8219,920Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WPC
W. P. Carey
2.6569 of 5 stars
$78.21
+1.6%
$86.80
+11.0%
-5.4%$16.47B$1.48B26.16183News Coverage
Positive News
MKL
Markel
2.0601 of 5 stars
$1,260.00
+1.7%
$1,516.67
+20.4%
-14.5%$16.90B$11.68B-54.2620,900Short Interest ↑
This page (NYSE:BRO) was last updated on 4/2/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff