Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. vs WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC, two Insurance Brokers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MRSH and WTW diverge most: on revenue growth, MRSH reads +10.0% and WTW reads +1.3%; on debt / equity, MRSH reads 1.44 and WTW reads 0.78. 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 WTW'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 | MRSH | WTW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $178.25 | $289.63 |
| Market cap | $86.6B | $27.8B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 22.3 | 17.0 |
| P/B | 5.85 | 3.45 |
| P/S | 3.15 | 2.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.8 | 14.0 |
| Revenue growth | +10.0% | +1.3% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 16.8% |
| Return on equity | 26.5% | 20.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 5.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.44 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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