BRO vs AON vs ERIE Stock Comparison

Brown & Brown, Aon and Erie Indemnity Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BRO Brown & Brown, Inc.
$67.84 +11.9% 1M -15.5% 1Y
Market cap
$22.94B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.91B
Div. yield
–
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
2 wins
AON Aon plc
$321.66 +16.6% 1M -1.4% 1Y
Market cap
$68.49B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.68B
Div. yield
0.01%
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
7 wins
ERIE Erie Indemnity Co
$250.79 +12.8% 1M -16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$12.10B
P/E
21.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.12B
Div. yield
0.02%
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Aon leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Aon 7, Erie Indemnity 3, Brown & Brown 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBROAONERIELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.94B $68.49B $12.10B AON
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.8x 17.4x 21.0x AON
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.8x 17.7x 21.0x BRO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.1% +3.8% +2.0% BRO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.6% 22.2% 14.0% AON
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.6% 11.6% — AON
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.3x — AON
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.02% ERIE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.5% -1.4% -16.9% AON
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.5%/yr +0.1%/yr +4.0%/yr ERIE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.4% 29.5% 38.2% AON
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 38/100 49/100 ERIE

Percentile Scorecard

BROAONERIE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBROAONERIE
Valuation 19 #97 of 119 10 #107 of 119 13 #104 of 119
Growth 63 #43 of 114 42 #67 of 114 32 #78 of 114
Profitability 60 #43 of 106 74 #28 of 106 82 #20 of 106
Financial Health 26 #77 of 104 18 #86 of 104 82 #20 of 104
Shareholder Returns 40 #63 of 105 45 #58 of 105 35 #69 of 105
Overall 42 38 49
  • BRO ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • AON ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • ERIE ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBROAONERIESPY
1 month +11.9%+16.6%+12.8% +0.7%
3 months -4.3%-12.2%+7.3% +3.7%
6 months +12.8%+3.2%+14.6% +7.1%
Year to date -14.9%-8.8%-12.5% +12.8%
1 year -15.5%-1.4%-16.9% +11.9%
3 years -1.5%+4.2%-9.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -0.5%+1.4%-3.4% +22.8%
5 years +7.5%+0.5%+21.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year +1.5%+0.1%+4.0% +10.9%
10 years +269.1%+189.0%+147.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.0%+11.2%+9.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBROAONERIESPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.4%29.5%38.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.4%31.0%39.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.45-0.30-0.51 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-0.05-0.44 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.3%-34.2%-62.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.6%-15.6%-19.0% -1.2%
52-week high $82.33$381.11$309.64 $779.14
52-week low $54.38$269.45$207.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBROAONERIE
P/E now vs peer median 18.3xmedian 10.7x 17.4xmedian 10.7x 20.1xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 1.4x 3.9xmedian 1.4x 2.8xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.7xmedian 7.5x 14.7xmedian 7.5x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 8.5x 20.9xmedian 8.5x 20.9xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.5x 6.7xmedian 1.5x 4.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.58median 0.60 1.51median 0.60 1.56median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBROAONERIE
Revenue $6.91B $17.68B $4.12B
Operating income – $4.65B $736.01M
Net income $1.23B $4.01B $576.14M
Free cash flow $1.49B $3.27B $554.04M
EPS (diluted) $3.69 $18.46 $226,647.13
Cash & equivalents $1.10B $2.02B $362.69M
Total debt $7.76B $28.04B –
Shares (diluted) 330.00M 213.00M 2.54K
Enterprise value $18.84B $47.70B $10.63B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBROAONERIE
P/E 18.3x 17.4x 20.1x
P/FCF 15.1x 20.9x 20.9x
P/Operating cash flow 14.2x 19.1x 16.7x
P/S 3.3x 3.9x 2.8x
P/B 1.8x 6.7x 4.5x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 14.5x 4.5x
EV/EBITDA 10.7x 14.7x –
EV/EBIT 14.9x 17.4x 15.2x
EV/Revenue 4.2x 4.6x 2.7x
EV/FCF 19.6x 24.8x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.4x 22.7x 16.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.58 1.51 1.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBROAONERIE
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.1% 3.8% 2.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.7% 10.4% 9.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 9.9% 1.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% 15.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.5% 44.1% -11.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.9% 12.8% 12.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.7% 47.2% -11.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 11.5% 12.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.9% 8.8% -2.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.2% 3.6% 24.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.5% 7.4% -4.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.1% 3.5% 26.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBROAONERIE
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 39.6% 31.2% –
Operating margin – 26.3% 17.9%
Pretax margin 22.5% 28.8% 17.8%
Net margin 17.6% 22.2% 14.0%
FCF margin 21.5% 18.5% 13.4%
Operating cash flow margin 22.9% 20.2% 16.8%
Return on equity 9.7% 40.3% 23.0%
Return on assets 4.1% 6.8% 16.0%
Return on invested capital 7.6% 11.6% –
Return on capital employed 8.7% 13.6% 28.3%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.3x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 0.9x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 2.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBROAONERIE
Debt / assets 26.3% 43.0% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 2.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 5.2x 8.6x –
Liabilities / assets 57.2% 84.3% 30.3%
Equity / assets 42.8% 15.7% 69.7%
Interest coverage 4.9x 6.2x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.8x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.6x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.67 1.53 9.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBROAONERIE
Dividend yield 1.0% 1.0% 2.3%
Net buyback yield 3.5% 1.9% –
Shareholder yield 4.5% 2.9% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 16.8% 46.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 20.6% 48.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.4% 7.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 11.7% 7.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBROAONERIE
Forward P/E 15.8xFY2026 17.7xFY2026 21.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.30FY2026 $18.15FY2026 $11.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.9%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 +11.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.8% +8.1% +33.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.37BFY2026 $19.12BFY2026 $4.09BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 +0.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.2% +8.7% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBROAONERIE
Held by institutions 84.6% 90.5% 45.2%
Institutions holding 808 1,255 438
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% +3.1% +4.5%
Institutions buying 439 604 272
Institutions selling 273 448 112
Buyers to sellers 1.61 1.35 2.43

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BROAONERIE
BRO 1.00 0.72 0.64
AON 0.72 1.00 0.56
ERIE 0.64 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BRO, AON and ERIE?

Aon (AON) is the largest by market capitalisation: Brown & Brown (BRO) $22.94B, Aon (AON) $68.49B, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) $12.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, BRO, AON and ERIE?

Aon (AON) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Brown & Brown (BRO) 18.8x, Aon (AON) 17.4x, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) 21.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Brown & Brown (BRO) is cheapest (Brown & Brown (BRO) 15.8x, Aon (AON) 17.7x, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) 21.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Brown & Brown (BRO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Brown & Brown (BRO) +26.1%, Aon (AON) +3.8%, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) +2.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Aon (AON) has the highest net margin (Brown & Brown (BRO) 17.6%, Aon (AON) 22.2%, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) 14.0%). On return on invested capital, Aon (AON) leads (Brown & Brown (BRO) 7.6%, Aon (AON) 11.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Aon (AON) returned the most: Brown & Brown (BRO) -15.5%, Aon (AON) -1.4%, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) -16.9%. Over five years, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) compounded fastest (Brown & Brown (BRO) +1.5%/yr, Aon (AON) +0.1%/yr, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) +4.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Erie Indemnity (ERIE) has the highest dividend yield: Brown & Brown (BRO) 0.00%, Aon (AON) 0.01%, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) 0.02%. Brown & Brown (BRO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aon (AON) has been the steadiest (Brown & Brown (BRO) 32.4%, Aon (AON) 29.5%, Erie Indemnity (ERIE) 38.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BRO, AON and ERIE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Aon (AON) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.