Enact Holdings, Inc. vs The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc., two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACT and BWIN diverge most: on net margin, ACT reads 54.5% and BWIN reads -2.8%; on return on equity, ACT reads 12.7% and BWIN reads -2.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ACT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACT | BWIN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.74 | $26.48 |
| Market cap | $6.4B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 9.7 | — |
| P/B | 1.19 | 1.65 |
| P/S | 5.14 | 1.58 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 32.9 |
| Revenue growth | +2.0% | +13.3% |
| Operating margin | — | -19.0% |
| Net margin | 54.5% | -2.8% |
| Return on equity | 12.7% | -2.9% |
| Return on assets | 9.7% | -0.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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