Enact Holdings, Inc. vs WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC, two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Willis Towers Watson brokers insurance and advises on risk and benefits; Enact underwrites private mortgage insurance and keeps the loss exposure. Enact's 54.49% net margin dwarfs Willis's 16.84%, which is what holding premium rather than clipping fees tends to look like. Willis earns the stronger return on equity, 20.68% against 12.66%, and trades richer at 3.16 times book versus 1.21. On earnings the order flips: 9.82 times for Enact, 15.59 for Willis. Enact's free-cash yield of 11.16% tops Willis's 6.15%, and it carries far less debt, 0.14 against 0.78. Willis is the $25.5B advisor, Enact the $6.5B risk-taker.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ACT | WTW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.74 | $289.63 |
| Market cap | $6.4B | $27.8B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 9.7 | 17.0 |
| P/B | 1.19 | 3.45 |
| P/S | 5.14 | 2.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 14.0 |
| Revenue growth | +2.0% | +1.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 54.5% | 16.8% |
| Return on equity | 12.7% | 20.7% |
| Return on assets | 9.7% | 5.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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