ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. vs BROWN & BROWN, INC., two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AJG and BRO diverge most: on ev/ebitda, AJG reads 125.7 and BRO reads 409.4; on return on assets, AJG reads 1.9% and BRO reads 4.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AJG | BRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $232.66 | $62.88 |
| Market cap | $59.7B | $21.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 38.6 | 20.1 |
| P/B | 2.52 | 1.67 |
| P/S | 3.79 | 3.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 125.7 | 409.4 |
| Revenue growth | +26.4% | +34.3% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 9.6% |
| Return on assets | 1.9% | 4.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.57 | 0.62 |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | 1.13 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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