How to buy Brown-and-Brown stock

Brown & Brown, Inc is an insurance brokers business based in the US. Brown-and-Brown shares (BRO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Brown-and-Brown employs 10,843 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD0.00.

Brown-and-Brown share price

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Brown-and-Brown shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-15.

52-week range	USD$33.7764 - USD$48.8299
50-day moving average	USD$46.4906
200-day moving average	USD$46.0432
Wall St. target price	USD$51.11
PE ratio	28.9467
Dividend yield	USD$0.347 (0.72%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.69

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Is Brown-and-Brown under- or over-valued?

Valuing Brown-and-Brown stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Brown-and-Brown's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Brown-and-Brown's P/E ratio

Brown-and-Brown's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Brown-and-Brown shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Brown-and-Brown's PEG ratio

Brown-and-Brown's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.41. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Brown-and-Brown's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Brown-and-Brown's EBITDA

Brown-and-Brown's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$808.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Brown-and-Brown's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Brown-and-Brown financials

Revenue TTM	USD$2.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	25.8%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.07%
Return on equity TTM	13.53%
Profit margin	18.41%
Book value	$13.266
Market capitalisation	USD$13.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Brown-and-Brown shares

There are currently 3.9 million Brown-and-Brown shares held short by investors – that's known as Brown-and-Brown's "short interest". This figure is 0.4% down from 3.9 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Brown-and-Brown shares can be evaluated.

Brown-and-Brown's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Brown-and-Brown's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Brown-and-Brown shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Brown-and-Brown shares traded daily (recently around 1.1 million). Brown-and-Brown's SIR currently stands at 3.47. In other words for every 100,000 Brown-and-Brown shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3470 shares are currently held short.

However Brown-and-Brown's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Brown-and-Brown shares, or, against the total number of tradable Brown-and-Brown shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Brown-and-Brown's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Brown-and-Brown shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0166% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Brown-and-Brown shares, roughly 17 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Brown-and-Brown.

Find out more about how you can short Brown-and-Brown stock.

Brown-and-Brown's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Brown-and-Brown.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Brown-and-Brown's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 25.06

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Brown-and-Brown's overall score of 25.06 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 39th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Brown-and-Brown is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Brown-and-Brown's environmental score

Environmental score: 0.82/100

Brown-and-Brown's environmental score of 0.82 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Brown-and-Brown is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Brown-and-Brown's social score

Social score: 10.66/100

Brown-and-Brown's social score of 10.66 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Brown-and-Brown is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Brown-and-Brown's governance score

Governance score: 16.22/100

Brown-and-Brown's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Brown-and-Brown is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Brown-and-Brown's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Brown-and-Brown scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Brown-and-Brown has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Brown & Brown, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	25.06
Total ESG percentile	38.94
Environmental score	0.82
Environmental score percentile	3
Social score	10.66
Social score percentile	3
Governance score	16.22
Governance score percentile	3
Level of controversy	1

Brown-and-Brown share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 21.01% of net profits

Recently Brown-and-Brown has paid out, on average, around 21.01% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.76% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Brown-and-Brown shareholders could enjoy a 0.76% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Brown-and-Brown's case, that would currently equate to about $0.347 per share.

While Brown-and-Brown's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Brown-and-Brown is investing more in its future growth.

Brown-and-Brown's most recent dividend payout was on 16 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Brown-and-Brown's shares ever split?

Brown-and-Brown's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 28 March 2018. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Brown-and-Brown shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Brown-and-Brown shares which in turn could have impacted Brown-and-Brown's share price.

Brown-and-Brown share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Brown-and-Brown's shares have ranged in value from as little as $33.7764 up to $48.8299. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Brown-and-Brown's is 0.6376. This would suggest that Brown-and-Brown's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Brown-and-Brown overview

Brown & Brown, Inc. markets and sells insurance products and services in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail, National Programs, Wholesale Brokerage, and Services. The company offers builders risk, group medical and pharmaceutical, property, commercial auto, homeowners, reinsurance, crop and hail, inland marine, retirement benefit, cyber, disability, risk mitigating warranty products, directors and officers, management liability, errors and omissions, medical stop loss, term life, excess liability, personal auto, umbrella, general liability, prescription drug, workers compensation, and group dental insurance products. It also provides professional liability and related package insurance products for dentistry, legal, eyecare, insurance, financial, physicians, and real estate title professionals, as well as supplementary insurance-related products for weddings, events, medical facilities, and cyber liability; homeowners and personal property policies, residential earthquake, and private passenger automobile and motorcycle coverage; commercial and public entity-related programs; and flood insurance, commercial difference-in-conditions, all-risk commercial property, coastal property programs, lender-placed solutions, sovereign Indian nations, and parcel insurance. In addition, it provides markets and sells excess and surplus commercial insurance products, such as personal lines, homeowners, yachts, jewelry, commercial property and casualty, commercial automobile, garage, restaurant, builder's risk, and inland marine lines; and third-party claims administration and medical utilization management services in the workers' compensation and all-lines liability arenas, as well as Medicare Set-aside, Social Security disability, Medicare benefits advocacy, and claims adjusting services. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Brown-and-Brown is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 16.937% of Brown-and-Brown shares are held by insiders and 71.751% by institutions.

• How many people work for Brown-and-Brown?

  Latest data suggests 10,843 work at Brown-and-Brown.

• When does the fiscal year end for Brown-and-Brown?

  Brown-and-Brown's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Brown-and-Brown based?

  Brown-and-Brown's address is: 300 North Beach Street, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, 32114

• What is Brown-and-Brown's ISIN number?

  Brown-and-Brown's international securities identification number is: US1152361010

• What is Brown-and-Brown's CUSIP number?

  Brown-and-Brown's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 115236101