MAAS vs AJG vs RYAN Stock Comparison

Maase, Arthur J. Gallagher and Ryan Specialty Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MAAS Maase Inc.
$12.04 -21.7% 1M +216.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.57B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
1 win
AJG Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
$259.04 +12.1% 1M -7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$67.36B
P/E
42.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.75B
Div. yield
0.01%
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Arthur J. Gallagher leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Arthur J. Gallagher 7, Ryan Specialty Holdings 4, Maase 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMAASAJGRYANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.57B $67.36B $5.42B AJG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -127.3x 42.9x 54.7x AJG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.8x 18.3x RYAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +26.3% +14.4% AJG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.0% 3.1% AJG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.7% 8.7% RYAN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x 4.6x AJG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% RYAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +216.8% -7.2% -20.8% MAAS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -49.5%/yr +9.6%/yr +2.6%/yr AJG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 106.9% 32.8% 45.1% AJG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 25/100 35/100 RYAN

Percentile Scorecard

MAASAJGRYAN

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

AxisMAASAJGRYAN
Valuation 0 #119 of 119 6 #112 of 119 7 #111 of 119
Growth – 50 #57 of 114 55 #52 of 114
Profitability – 31 #76 of 110 49 #57 of 110
Financial Health 89 #13 of 110 7 #102 of 110 3 #107 of 110
Shareholder Returns – 32 #72 of 106 64 #39 of 106
Overall – 25 35
  • MAAS ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • AJG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • RYAN ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMAASAJGRYANSPY
1 month -21.7%+12.1%+11.9% -0.2%
3 months -29.6%-2.4%-7.9% +3.9%
6 months +13.4%+21.4%+22.0% +8.2%
Year to date +123.0%+0.1%-17.9% +12.9%
1 year +216.8%-7.2%-20.8% +12.3%
3 years -96.6%+13.5%-6.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -67.8%+4.3%-2.1% +23.3%
5 years -96.7%+57.8%+13.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -49.5%+9.6%+2.6% +10.9%
10 years —+438.5%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+18.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMAASAJGRYANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 106.9%32.8%45.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 104.1%33.2%47.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.78-0.39-0.33 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.03-0.22-0.46 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-44.9%-61.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.3%-7.2%-27.4% -1.2%
52-week high $21.24$279.00$58.38 $779.14
52-week low $3.51$192.00$29.39 $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.

MultipleMAASAJGRYAN
P/E now vs peer median -127.3xmedian 10.5x 42.4xmedian 10.5x 53.6xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median 197.0xmedian 1.4x 4.2xmedian 1.4x 3.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.6x 19.7xmedian 7.6x 18.8xmedian 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -206.5xmedian 8.5x 29.1xmedian 8.5x 22.0xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 1.5x 2.8xmedian 1.5x 10.7xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.53 6.93median 0.53 -12.20median 0.53

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 monthsMAASAJGRYAN
Revenue – $15.75B $3.22B
Operating income – – $477.27M
Net income – $1.57B $242.82M
Free cash flow – $2.29B $492.78M
EPS (diluted) – $6.07 $0.75
Cash & equivalents $5.46M $1.39B $140.12M
Total debt $11.11M $13.48B $3.63B
Shares (diluted) 295.15M 258.70M 131.33M
Enterprise value $3.56B $61.77B $4.79B

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
MetricMAASAJGRYAN
P/E -127.3x 42.4x 53.6x
P/FCF -206.5x 29.1x 22.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 27.1x 19.4x
P/S 197.0x 4.2x 3.4x
P/B 7.8x 2.8x 10.7x
P/Tangible book 8.0x 4.9x 12.2x
EV/EBITDA – 19.7x 18.8x
EV/EBIT – 29.8x 30.0x
EV/Revenue – 5.0x 4.5x
EV/FCF – 34.3x 29.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 32.0x 25.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 6.93 -12.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMAASAJGRYAN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 26.3% 14.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 19.6% 19.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -1.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 12.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – -4.5% 26.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% 7.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – -3.8% 271.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 6.1% -4.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 15.4% -2.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.2% 21.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 15.8% -3.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.8% 18.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMAASAJGRYAN
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 25.2% 23.7%
Operating margin – – 14.8%
Pretax margin – 12.6% 8.8%
Net margin – 10.0% 3.1%
FCF margin – 14.5% 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 15.5% 17.4%
Return on equity – 6.6% 21.7%
Return on assets – 2.0% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 5.7% 8.7%
Return on capital employed – 7.1% 9.9%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMAASAJGRYAN
Debt / assets 1.5% 16.5% 30.4%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.6x 3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x 4.6x
Debt / FCF – 5.9x 7.4x
Liabilities / assets 6.3% 71.0% 91.5%
Equity / assets 93.7% 29.0% 8.5%
Interest coverage – 4.1x –
Current ratio 10.7x 1.1x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 1.13 1.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMAASAJGRYAN
Dividend yield – 1.1% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 0.4% 2.8%
Shareholder yield – 1.5% 4.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 44.0% 27.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 30.3% 13.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 16.3% 13.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 15.4% 65.1%

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.

ConsensusMAASAJGRYAN
Forward P/E – 18.8xFY2026 18.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $13.76FY2026 $2.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +28.7%FY2026 +17.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.3% +10.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $17.07BFY2026 $3.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +23.9%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.7% +10.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMAASAJGRYAN
Held by institutions – 93.0% 45.6%
Institutions holding – 1,290 369
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.0% +5.0%
Institutions buying – 621 198
Institutions selling – 483 134
Buyers to sellers – 1.29 1.48

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.

MAASAJGRYAN
MAAS 1.00 -0.01 0.00
AJG -0.01 1.00 0.59
RYAN 0.00 0.59 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MAAS, AJG and RYAN?

Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Maase (MAAS) $3.57B, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) $67.36B, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) $5.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, MAAS, AJG and RYAN?

Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Maase (MAAS) -127.3x, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 42.9x, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 54.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) is cheapest (Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 18.8x, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 18.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) +26.3%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) +14.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) has the highest net margin (Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 10.0%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 3.1%). On return on invested capital, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) leads (Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 5.7%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 8.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Maase (MAAS) returned the most: Maase (MAAS) +216.8%, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) -7.2%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) -20.8%. Over five years, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) compounded fastest (Maase (MAAS) -49.5%/yr, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) +9.6%/yr, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) +2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) has the highest dividend yield: Maase (MAAS) 0.00%, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 0.01%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 0.01%. Maase (MAAS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) has been the steadiest (Maase (MAAS) 106.9%, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 32.8%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 45.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MAAS, AJG and RYAN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) 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.