How to buy Marsh-and-McLennan Companies stock | 115.66

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc is an insurance brokers business based in the US. Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares (MMC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Marsh-and-McLennan Companies employs 76,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$17.1 billion.

How to buy shares in Marsh-and-McLennan Companies

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Marsh-and-McLennan Companies. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: MMC. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Marsh-and-McLennan Companies reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$115.66, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$115.66, which is 0.59% down on its pre-crash value of USD$116.35 and 55.59% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$74.335.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$675.64 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,018.96.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies share price

Use our graph to track the performance of MMC stocks over time.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-23.

Latest market close	USD$115.66
52-week range	USD$73.3508 - USD$120.0214
50-day moving average	USD$112.0211
200-day moving average	USD$111.6624
Wall St. target price	USD$119.75
PE ratio	28.3869
Dividend yield	USD$1.86 (1.65%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.98

Buy Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares from these brokerages

Compare special offers, low fees and a wide range of types of investments among top trading platforms.

Is it a good time to buy Marsh-and-McLennan Companies stock?

The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.

Technical Analysis of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc by TradingView

This chart is not advice or a guarantee of success. Rather, it gauges the real-time recommendations of three popular technical indicators: moving averages, oscillators and pivots. Finder is not responsible for how your stock performs.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $115.66 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-18)	3.27%
1 month (2020-10-23)	1.72%
3 months (2020-08-25)	2.36%
6 months (2020-05-22)	10.68%

1 year (2019-11-25)	7.09%
2 years (2018-11-23)	36.30%
3 years (2017-11-24)	40.47%
5 years (2015-11-25)	108.66%

Is Marsh-and-McLennan Companies under- or over-valued?

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

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's P/E ratio

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 28x. In other words, Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares trade at around 28x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's PEG ratio

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.2097. 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 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's EBITDA

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$4.7 billion.

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

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies financials

Revenue TTM	USD$17.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	23.55%
Gross profit TTM	USD$7.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.88%
Return on equity TTM	24.93%
Profit margin	11.91%
Book value	$16.944
Market capitalisation	USD$57.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares

There are currently 3.3 million Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares held short by investors – that's known as Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's "short interest". This figure is 30.3% down from 4.7 million last month.

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

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares traded daily (recently around 1.7 million). Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's SIR currently stands at 1.96. In other words for every 100,000 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1960 shares are currently held short.

However Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares, or, against the total number of tradable Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0065% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares, roughly 7 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 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies.

Find out more about how you can short Marsh-and-McLennan Companies stock.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies'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 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies.

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

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 22.38

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's overall score of 22.38 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 24th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Marsh-and-McLennan Companies 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.).

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's environmental score

Environmental score: 6.61/100

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's environmental score of 6.61 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Marsh-and-McLennan Companies is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's social score

Social score: 12.36/100

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's social score of 12.36 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Marsh-and-McLennan Companies is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's governance score

Governance score: 16.92/100

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Marsh-and-McLennan Companies is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Marsh-and-McLennan Companies scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Marsh-and-McLennan Companies has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	22.38
Total ESG percentile	24.4
Environmental score	6.61
Environmental score percentile	7
Social score	12.36
Social score percentile	7
Governance score	16.92
Governance score percentile	7
Level of controversy	2

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 37.02% of net profits

Recently Marsh-and-McLennan Companies has paid out, on average, around 37.02% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.65% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shareholders could enjoy a 1.65% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $1.86 per share.

While Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Marsh-and-McLennan Companies may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 13 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's shares ever split?

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 July 2002. 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 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares which in turn could have impacted Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's share price.

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $73.3508 up to $120.0214. 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 Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's is 0.8422. This would suggest that Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Marsh-and-McLennan Companies overview

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a professional services company, provides advice and solutions to clients in the areas of risk, strategy, and people worldwide. It operates in two segments, Risk and Insurance Services, and Consulting. The Risk and Insurance Services segment offers risk management services, such as risk advice, risk transfer, and risk control and mitigation solutions, as well as insurance and reinsurance broking, catastrophe and financial modeling, and related advisory services; and insurance program management services. This segment serves businesses, public entities, insurance companies, associations, professional services organizations, and private clients. The Consulting segment provides health, wealth, and career services and products; and specialized management, as well as economic and brand consulting services. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.11% of Marsh-and-McLennan Companies shares are held by insiders and 89.713% by institutions.

• How many people work for Marsh-and-McLennan Companies?

  Latest data suggests 76,000 work at Marsh-and-McLennan Companies.

• When does the fiscal year end for Marsh-and-McLennan Companies?

  Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Marsh-and-McLennan Companies based?

  Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's address is: 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, United States, 10036-2774

• What is Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's ISIN number?

  Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's international securities identification number is: US5717481023

• What is Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's CUSIP number?

  Marsh-and-McLennan Companies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 571748102