ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY 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 is a global broker and benefits advisor; Erie Indemnity is a management company that runs one insurance exchange for a fee. Both are capital-light fee businesses, and their returns on equity land near each other, 20.68% at Willis and 24.28% at Erie. Willis fills in the rest: a 16.84% net margin, a 15.59 times earnings multiple, 3.16 times book, a 6.15% free-cash yield, and a 1.39% dividend. Erie shows no clean earnings multiple here, so its return on equity does the work. Willis carries debt of 0.78 times equity. A worldwide advisor against a single-insurer manager, both earning off risk they mostly do not hold.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ERIE | WTW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $252.24 | $289.63 |
| Market cap | $11.7B | $27.8B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 17.0 |
| P/B | 4.97 | 3.45 |
| P/S | 2.86 | 2.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.0 | 14.0 |
| Revenue growth | +4.7% | +1.3% |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 16.8% |
| Return on equity | 24.3% | 20.7% |
| Return on assets | 16.9% | 5.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | 1.29 | 1.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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