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MMC vs. ERIE, WTW, AJG, AON, BRO, RYAN, CRD.B, EHTH, ETOR, and TIPT

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

Marsh & McLennan Companies vs. Its Competitors

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

33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Marsh & McLennan Companies has a net margin of 16.00% compared to Erie Indemnity's net margin of 15.73%. Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity of 31.90% beat Erie Indemnity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Erie Indemnity15.73% 30.53% 21.10%
Marsh & McLennan Companies 16.00%31.90%8.29%

In the previous week, Marsh & McLennan Companies had 24 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies and 1 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.00 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Erie Indemnity
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Marsh & McLennan Companies
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Erie Indemnity. Marsh & McLennan Companies 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$4.08B3.81$600.31M$11.9628.13
Marsh & McLennan Companies$24.46B4.14$4.06B$8.3424.72

Marsh & McLennan Companies has a consensus price target of $238.76, suggesting a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marsh & McLennan Companies is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Erie Indemnity
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Marsh & McLennan Companies
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24

Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Erie Indemnity pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 43.2% 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 and 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 lower payout ratio.

Summary

Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Erie Indemnity on 14 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

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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MMC vs. The Competition

MetricMarsh & McLennan CompaniesINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$101.35B$26.13B$12.53B$21.30B
Dividend Yield1.75%1.17%5.42%3.49%
P/E Ratio24.7248.41230.6629.44
Price / Sales4.144.6331.7864.27
Price / Cash19.7631.9819.0618.29
Price / Book6.344.122.345.30
Net Income$4.06B$835.86M$1.01B$998.51M
7 Day Performance-0.08%-0.27%0.11%0.12%
1 Month Performance3.57%3.25%3.71%5.75%
1 Year Performance-10.89%-5.16%542.65%14.88%

Marsh & McLennan Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.9637 of 5 stars
$206.17
+0.4%
$238.76
+15.8%
-10.5%$101.35B$24.46B24.7290,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.9294 of 5 stars
$354.38
+0.9%
N/A-33.4%$16.37B$4.08B29.636,801
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.9674 of 5 stars
$326.79
0.0%
$362.92
+11.1%
+12.0%$31.88B$9.93B223.8348,900Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.7941 of 5 stars
$302.75
+1.0%
$331.07
+9.4%
+3.2%$77.62B$11.40B43.0056,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
AON
AON
4.7506 of 5 stars
$367.16
+0.2%
$412.69
+12.4%
+8.0%$79.17B$15.70B30.7560,000Trending News
Short Interest ↓
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.8203 of 5 stars
$97.02
+0.8%
$112.64
+16.1%
-9.2%$32.00B$4.81B27.9617,403
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.7767 of 5 stars
$56.47
-0.3%
$74.83
+32.5%
-14.6%$14.89B$2.81B161.365,250Positive News
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
3.8955 of 5 stars
$10.60
+0.4%
N/A-2.5%$525.94M$1.34B17.9610,040Gap Down
EHTH
eHealth
4.451 of 5 stars
$3.87
-0.5%
$7.67
+98.1%
+9.6%$118.26M$547.49M-6.141,773Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ETOR
eToro Group
N/A$44.40
flat
$73.19
+64.8%
N/A$3.64B$12.54B0.001,501
TIPT
Tiptree Financial
2.2977 of 5 stars
$23.45
-0.4%
N/A+19.2%$879.38M$2.04B18.611,144News Coverage
Positive News

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