WTW vs. MMC, AON, AJG, BRO, ERIE, RYAN, EQH, ACT, CRVL, and BWIN
Should you be buying Willis Towers Watson Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Towers Watson Public include Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), AON (AON), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Brown & Brown (BRO), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Enact (ACT), CorVel (CRVL), and The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Marsh & McLennan Companies received 475 more outperform votes than Willis Towers Watson Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.83% of users gave Marsh & McLennan Companies an outperform vote while only 35.06% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote.
Marsh & McLennan Companies currently has a consensus target price of $210.27, indicating a potential upside of 1.29%. Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus target price of $296.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.00%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Marsh & McLennan Companies.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marsh & McLennan Companies has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Willis Towers Watson Public has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Willis Towers Watson Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marsh & McLennan Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a net margin of 16.84% compared to Marsh & McLennan Companies' net margin of 10.88%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 34.14% beat Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Marsh & McLennan Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies and 5 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Marsh & McLennan Companies' score of 0.97 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Marsh & McLennan Companies beats Willis Towers Watson Public on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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