ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY vs Waterdrop Inc., two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ERIE and WDH diverge most: on debt / equity, ERIE reads 0.00 and WDH reads 0.01; on ev/ebitda, ERIE reads 16.0 and WDH reads 77.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ERIE'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 | ERIE | WDH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $252.24 | $1.17 |
| Market cap | $11.7B | $4.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 58.5 |
| P/B | 4.97 | 5.90 |
| P/S | 2.86 | 7.64 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.0 | 77.9 |
| Revenue growth | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 9.3% |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 24.3% | 10.7% |
| Return on assets | 16.9% | 7.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.29 | 2.10 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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