Insurance brokers
15 companies · $98.1B combined revenue · $16.7B operating profit
The typical US-listed insurance brokers company grew revenue 10.3% and earnings 2.5% in its latest year, at a 18.8% operating margin, and 6 of 11 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 0% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more53%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue27%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more20%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash36%
Combined revenue · 15 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 15 companies
| Median | – | 10.3% | 2.5% | 18.8% | 15.8% | 0.79x |
| MRSHMarsh & Mclennan Companies | $27.0B | 10.3% | 2.5% | 23.1%▲ | 16.5%▲ | 1.28x▼ |
| AJGArthur J. Gallagher | $13.9B | 20.7%▲ | 2.1%▼ | 13.4%▼ | 4.9%▼ | 0.55x▲ |
| AONAon | $17.2B | 9.4%▼ | 39.2%▲ | 25.3%▲ | 15.8% | 1.63x▼ |
| WTWWillis Towers Watson | $9.5B | -2.3%▼ | – | 23.5%▲ | 14.4%▼ | 0.79x |
| BROBrown & Brown | $5.9B | 22.8%▲ | 6.1%▲ | 28.3%▲ | 7.7%▼ | 0.61x▲ |
| EQHEquitable | $11.7B | -6.1%▼ | -208%▼ | -8.1%▼ | – | – |
| ERIEERIE Indemnity | $4.1B | 7.2%▼ | -6.8%▼ | 17.6%▼ | 29.8%▲ | – |
| RYANRYAN Specialty | $3.0B | 21.9%▲ | -33%▼ | 16.5%▼ | 9.2%▼ | 5.17x▼ |
| ACTEnact | $1.2B | 2.8%▼ | -2%▼ | 73.5%▲ | – | 0.14x▲ |
| HGTYHagerty | $678M | 23.5%▲ | 90.6%▲ | 21.3%▲ | – | 0.80x▼ |
| BWINBaldwin Insurance | $1.5B | 8.5%▼ | – | 4.9%▼ | 2.6%▼ | – |
| ARXAccelerant | $913M | 51.5%▲ | -5974%▼ | -144%▼ | – | 0.17x▲ |
| CRVLCorvel | $959M | 7%▼ | 16%▲ | 14.9%▼ | 34.5%▲ | – |
| NPNeptune Insurance | $160M | 33.7%▲ | 8.2%▲ | 44.5%▲ | 567%▲ | – |
| LIFEEthos Technologies | $388M | 52%▲ | 45.7%▲ | 18.8% | 18.1%▲ | – |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).