Enact Holdings, Inc. vs ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY, two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACT and ERIE diverge most: on debt / equity, ACT reads 0.14 and ERIE reads 0.00; on net margin, ACT reads 54.5% and ERIE reads 14.0%. 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 | ERIE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $45.98 | $222.04 |
| Market cap | $6.3B | $10.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 9.7 | — |
| P/B | 1.17 | 4.16 |
| P/S | 5.04 | 2.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 13.5 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +3.7% |
| Operating margin | — | 18.7% |
| Net margin | 54.5% | 14.0% |
| Return on equity | 12.7% | 23.4% |
| Return on assets | 9.8% | 16.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.25 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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