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Aon plc (AON) vs Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO)

Aon plc and Brown & Brown, Inc. are both Insurance Brokers companies. Aon plc is the larger, with a market value of $73.1B against $24.7B — 3.0× the size. Aon plc trades at the lower P/E: 18.7× against 20.3×. Brown & Brown, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.1% against 3.83%. Aon plc has the higher net margin (22.2% vs 17.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.02% vs 5.79%). Both pay a dividend; Aon plc yields more (0.93% vs 0.91%). Across the 21 metrics below, Brown & Brown, Inc. leads on 13 and Aon plc on 8.

Valuation

Metric AON BRO Insurance Brokers median
P/E 18.72 20.27 22.14
P/S 4.12 3.48 2.91
P/B 7.15 1.91 3.02
Price to free cash flow 22.32 16.15 22.32
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 5.34% 4.93% 3.41%
Free cash flow yield 4.48% 6.19% 3.09%

Profitability

Metric AON BRO Insurance Brokers median
Gross margin 48.78% 50.48% 49.54%
Operating margin 26.28% 28.33% 15.76%
Net margin 22.24% 17.43% 8.19%
Free cash flow margin 18.47% 21.55% 3.58%
Return on equity 42.95% 9.63% 2.99%
Return on assets 6.73% 4.10% 2.33%
Return on invested capital 8.02% 5.79% 5.64%

Growth

Metric AON BRO Insurance Brokers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.83% 26.12% 9.77%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.27% (8.67%) (8.67%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.20% 17.70% 9.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.42% 17.52% 0.00%

Health

Metric AON BRO Insurance Brokers median
Debt to equity 2.75 0.62 0.49
Current ratio 1.60 1.96 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA 2.65 1.99 1.20

Dividend

Metric AON BRO Insurance Brokers median
Dividend yield 0.93% 0.91% 1.01%
Payout ratio 0.18 0.20 0.33

Size

Metric AON BRO Insurance Brokers median
Market cap 73.07b 24.67b 2.41b

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