ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. vs ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY, two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AJG and ERIE diverge most: on debt / equity, AJG reads 0.57 and ERIE reads 0.00; on ev/ebitda, AJG reads 125.7 and ERIE reads 13.5. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AJG | ERIE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $232.66 | $222.04 |
| Market cap | $59.7B | $10.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 38.6 | — |
| P/B | 2.52 | 4.16 |
| P/S | 3.79 | 2.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 125.7 | 13.5 |
| Revenue growth | +26.4% | +3.7% |
| Operating margin | — | 18.7% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 14.0% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 23.4% |
| Return on assets | 1.9% | 16.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.57 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | 1.25 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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