Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. vs RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC., two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MRSH and RYAN diverge most: on return on assets, MRSH reads 6.7% and RYAN reads 1.0%; on net margin, MRSH reads 14.3% and RYAN reads 3.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MRSH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (fee-earnings basis). What RYAN's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (fee-earnings basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MRSH | RYAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $178.25 | $40.41 |
| Market cap | $86.6B | $4.4B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 22.3 | — |
| P/B | 5.85 | 3.64 |
| P/S | 3.15 | 1.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.8 | 15.6 |
| Revenue growth | +10.0% | +19.1% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 3.4% |
| Return on equity | 26.5% | 8.9% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.44 | 2.93 |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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