BROWN & BROWN, INC. vs Waterdrop Inc., two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BRO and WDH diverge most: on debt / equity, BRO reads 0.72 and WDH reads 0.01; on ev/ebitda, BRO reads 505.7 and WDH reads 77.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BRO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (fee-earnings basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BRO | WDH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $67.63 | $1.17 |
| Market cap | $22.8B | $4.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 22.0 | 58.5 |
| P/B | 1.81 | 5.90 |
| P/S | 3.56 | 7.64 |
| EV/EBITDA | 505.7 | 77.9 |
| Revenue growth | +28.9% | +6.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 9.3% |
| Net margin | 18.0% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.9% | 7.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 2.10 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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