NP vs RYAN vs MRSH Stock Comparison

Neptune Insurance Holdings, Ryan Specialty Holdings and Marsh & Mclennan Companies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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Head to Head

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Neptune Insurance Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Neptune Insurance Holdings 5, Marsh & Mclennan Companies 4, Ryan Specialty Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNPRYANMRSHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.01B $5.48B $95.95B MRSH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 89.8x 47.9x 23.7x MRSH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 49.6x 18.7x 19.3x RYAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.8% +9.8% +7.6% NP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.7% — 14.2% NP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 512.4% — 13.1% NP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.9% -15.0% +9.5% NP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +2.7%/yr +3.4%/yr MRSH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.7% 45.0% 25.9% MRSH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 30/100 32/100 NP

Percentile Scorecard

NPRYANMRSH

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

AxisNPRYANMRSH
Valuation 3 #115 of 119 11 #106 of 119 9 #108 of 119
Growth 81 #22 of 114 43 #66 of 114 16 #96 of 114
Profitability 99 #2 of 106 51 #52 of 106 70 #33 of 106
Financial Health 5 #99 of 104 – 10 #94 of 104
Shareholder Returns 4 #101 of 105 14 #91 of 105 58 #45 of 105
Overall 39 30 32
  • NP ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • RYAN ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • MRSH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNPRYANMRSHSPY
1 month +3.9%+14.2%+15.6% +0.7%
3 months -9.1%-2.0%+2.9% +3.7%
6 months +14.6%+24.4%+17.5% +7.1%
Year to date -1.3%-16.3%+6.2% +12.8%
1 year +13.9%-15.0%+9.5% +11.9%
3 years —-2.6%+4.7% +85.2%
3 years, per year —-0.9%+1.5% +22.8%
5 years —+14.4%+18.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+2.7%+3.4% +10.9%
10 years ——+210.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year ——+12.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNPRYANMRSHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.7%45.0%25.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.1%47.3%24.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.12-0.33-0.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.23-0.330.37 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.8%-61.3%-35.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.9%-25.9%-1.2% -1.2%
52-week high $35.05$58.38$199.34 $779.14
52-week low $17.14$29.39$157.32 $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.

MultipleNPRYANMRSH
P/E now vs peer median 88.4xmedian 10.7x 47.9xmedian 10.7x 23.2xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 1.4x 3.4xmedian 1.4x 3.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.5x —median 7.5x 16.0xmedian 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 48.2xmedian 8.5x 19.6xmedian 8.5x 22.5xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median -18.7xmedian 1.5x —median 1.5x 6.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.60 —median 0.60 3.47median 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 monthsNPRYANMRSH
Revenue $197.00M $3.25B $28.46B
Operating income $81.30M $507.30M $6.09B
Net income $44.74M $268.26M $4.12B
Free cash flow $82.04M – $4.15B
EPS (diluted) $0.31 – $8.44
Cash & equivalents $17.43M $168.81M $1.84B
Total debt $922.00M – $20.53B
Shares (diluted) 146.39M 131.33M 479.00M
Enterprise value $3.96B $5.48B $88.11B

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
MetricNPRYANMRSH
P/E 88.4x 47.9x 23.2x
P/FCF 48.2x 19.6x 22.5x
P/Operating cash flow 48.2x 19.4x 20.9x
P/S 20.1x 3.4x 3.3x
P/B -18.7x – 6.3x
P/Tangible book -18.6x – 9.0x
EV/EBITDA – – 16.0x
EV/EBIT 51.0x – 18.4x
EV/Revenue 21.1x 3.4x 3.9x
EV/FCF 50.6x – 27.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 50.6x 19.4x 25.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 3.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNPRYANMRSH
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.8% 9.8% 7.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 18.0% 8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 7.0% -0.8% -1.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 14.0% 7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 0.1% 19.0% -1.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 13.9% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 197.9% – 1.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 6.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 53.1% -10.9% -12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.5% 4.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 53.1% – -13.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNPRYANMRSH
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 24.6%
Operating margin 41.3% – 21.4%
Pretax margin 34.1% – 18.9%
Net margin 22.7% – 14.2%
FCF margin 41.6% – 14.6%
Operating cash flow margin 41.6% 17.5% 15.7%
Return on equity – – 27.2%
Return on assets 43.4% 2.3% 6.9%
Return on invested capital 512.4% – 13.1%
Return on capital employed 3,191% – 16.2%
Asset turnover 1.9x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 2.1x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 16.2% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNPRYANMRSH
Debt / assets 206.9% – 34.3%
Debt / equity -1.0x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.7x
Debt / FCF 2.6x – 4.9x
Liabilities / assets 303.6% 91.8% 75.1%
Equity / assets -203.6% – 24.9%
Interest coverage 5.4x – 6.3x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.0x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.3x – 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.1x
Altman Z-score 5.50 – 2.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNPRYANMRSH
Dividend yield – 1.2% 1.9%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – 3.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.2% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 43.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 43.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 8.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 13.1%

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.

ConsensusNPRYANMRSH
Forward P/E 49.6xFY2026 18.7xFY2026 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.58FY2026 $2.31FY2026 $10.21FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +41.5%FY2026 +17.9%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.9% +10.8% +15.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $195.39MFY2026 $3.10BFY2026 $30.28BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.5%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.6% +10.4% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNPRYANMRSH
Held by institutions 71.7% 45.6% 93.9%
Institutions holding 136 369 1,498
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +5.0% +2.8%
Institutions buying 105 198 626
Institutions selling 24 134 652
Buyers to sellers 4.38 1.48 0.96

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.

NPRYANMRSH
NP 1.00 0.21 0.27
RYAN 0.21 1.00 0.60
MRSH 0.27 0.60 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NP, RYAN and MRSH?

Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) $4.01B, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) $5.48B, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) $95.95B.

Which stock is cheaper, NP, RYAN and MRSH?

Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 89.8x, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 47.9x, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 23.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) is cheapest (Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 49.6x, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 18.7x, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 19.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) +33.8%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) +9.8%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +7.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) has the highest net margin (Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 22.7%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 14.2%). On return on invested capital, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) leads (Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 512.4%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 13.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) returned the most: Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) +13.9%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) -15.0%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +9.5%. Over five years, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) compounded fastest (Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) +2.7%/yr, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) +3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 0.00%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 0.00%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 0.02%. Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) and Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) has been the steadiest (Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 60.7%, Ryan Specialty Holdings (RYAN) 45.0%, Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MRSH) 25.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NP, RYAN and MRSH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) leads on 5. 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.