HAGERTY, INC. vs Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HGTY and MRSH diverge most: on debt / equity, HGTY reads 0.35 and MRSH reads 1.44; on ev/ebitda, HGTY reads 35.5 and MRSH reads 16.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HGTY's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (earnings-power basis). What MRSH'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 | HGTY | MRSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.25 | $178.25 |
| Market cap | $4.2B | $86.6B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 22.3 |
| P/B | 6.57 | 5.85 |
| P/S | 2.94 | 3.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.5 | 16.8 |
| Revenue growth | +11.0% | +10.0% |
| Operating margin | — | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 14.3% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | 26.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.35 | 1.44 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.11 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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