Stock · BRO · Financial Services

Brown & Brown Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 1992 · Revenue 12 mo. $7B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
5.5
of 10 6 of 11 points Not rated To the score
Price
$72.12
1 Y −15.2%
Market cap
$23.2B
Phase
Growth
revenue growing, core business profitable
Revenue +17.3% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 49.1%Payout 21.5% of operating cash flow

Brown & Brown, Inc. markets and sells insurance products and services in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

moreless

Brown & Brown, Inc. markets and sells insurance products and services in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Retail and Specialty Distribution segments. The Retail segment provides property and casualty insurance products, employee benefits insurance products, personal insurance products, specialties insurance products, risk management strategies, loss control surveys and analysis, consulting, and claims processing services. This segment also offers non-insurance services and products through automobile and recreational vehicle dealer services businesses. It serves commercial, public and quasi-public entities, professionals, and individual customers. The Specialty Distribution segment comprises wholesale brokerage and specialty businesses. This segment offers professional liability and related package insurance products for dentistry, legal, eyecare, financial services, physicians, and real estate title professionals, as well as supplementary insurance products related to weddings, events, medical facilities, and cyber liabilities. This segment also provides public entity-related and specialty programs through a network of independent agents, as well as program management services for insurance carrier partners. In addition, the company's wholesale brokerage businesses underwrite and place excess and surplus commercial and personal lines insurance through independent agents and brokers. Its program businesses operate under the Arrowhead Programs name. The company was formerly known as Poe & Brown, Inc. and changed its name to Brown & Brown, Inc. in April 1999. Brown & Brown, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Original text from the data provider

Summary

Brown & Brown Inc is around the middle of the Financial Services sector overall

46.9 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 5.8% FCF growth a year, less than achieved over the last 5 and 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €1.2B (2025), it supports €13.8B. The remaining €7.1B of the market value assume it grows 5.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

5.8%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€20.8B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€13.8B without growth
€7.1B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved 13.5%
  • 10 yrs achieved 14.6%
  • priced in 5.8%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 16.1×, below its usual range.

Middle half of 19 quarters: 18.5× to 24.5×, median 20.7×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

3 signs support the expectation, 1 speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation below the company's own record priced in 5.8%, achieved at least 13.5%
  • Low capital needs capex median 1.5% of revenue (10 years)
  • Steady FCF margin at least 22.3%, range 7.3 pp (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Share count rising despite money spent on own shares shares +10.2% year on year

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 1 of 1 change for the better.

  • Net debt$7.1B → −$407.0Msign changedbetter

3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability54.9around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity8.40%12.46%Rank 20
Return on capital (Greenblatt)295.82%59.04%Rank 82
EBIT margin49.07%23.06%Rank 88
FCF margin23.98%19.82%Rank 58
Gross margin49.07%65.53%Rank 27
Growth52.8around the middleGrows about as fast as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year22.49%7.39%Rank 78
Earnings growth, 3 years per year11.78%15.20%Rank 40
Earnings growth, 5 years per year14.09%15.17%Rank 46
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)1.18%1.25%Rank 48
Valuation41.8around the middleValued about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield4.67%6.47%Rank 23
FCF yield5.95%7.16%Rank 44
EV/saleslower is better5.222.82Rank 33
EV/EBITlower is better10.6314.24Rank 67
Momentum54.2around the middleShare price moving about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−15.23%7.80%Rank 12
Share price, 6 months28.24%8.71%Rank 94
Share price, 3 months6.10%0.45%Rank 69
Distance from 52-week high−12.40%−10.68%Rank 42
Quality27.4below the middleQuality below the sector: Accruals (Sloan) 31.59%, sector 1.23%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better31.59%1.23%Rank 0
Change in share countlower is better10.21%−0.60%Rank 6
Dividend streak in years285Rank 98
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−5.63%0.00%Rank 6
Balance sheet & risk50.5around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio41.84%9.21%Rank 88
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better3.450.12Rank 24
Debt to equitylower is better0.630.90Rank 61
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better32.19%25.95%Rank 28

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $1.8B (2016) to $5.8B (2025), 14.1% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt
20161.826.5%$393.3M276M$558.2M
20171.925.4%$417.8M278M$402.7M
20182.024.9%$526.0M282M$1.1B
20192.423.9%$605.1M275M$1.2B
20202.625.8%$650.9M276M$1.5B
20213.028.1%$903.0M277M$1.6B
20223.627.3%$828.8M279M$3.5B
20234.326.9%$1.0B281M$3.3B
20244.729.1%$1.1B284M$3.4B
20255.849.1%$1.4B313M$6.8B
5.5 / 10Not ratedStockScorer score6 of 11 points

3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Brown & Brown Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

This stock · Profitability: 67%This stock · Growth: 50%This stock · Valuation: 0%This stock · Momentum: 0%Median of all stocks · Profitability: 33%Median of all stocks · Growth: 0%Median of all stocks · Valuation: 0%Median of all stocks · Momentum: 0%50%100%ProfitabilityGrowthValuationMomentumThis stockMedian of all stocks

How Brown & Brown Inc's score is built

This is how the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set, calculates the points for Brown & Brown Inc. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

3 of 7 rules met

6 of 11 points

The rule “Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks” applies. The stock is therefore not rated regardless of the points scored.

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%met2 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksapplies

Detail data

How does Brown & Brown Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

Excerpt from 18 strategies checked. The full evaluation is visible after a free sign-up.

12 more strategies locked

With a free account, you can see the match across all strategies checked in one complete overview.

  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Moat Quality
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Earnings Quality: Accrual Check (Sloan)
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Growth Momentum (CAN SLIM principle)

Brown & Brown Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Brown & Brown Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio21.415.2
P/B ratio1.81.8
Return on equity (ROE)8.4%12.5%
Equity ratio41.8%9.2%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.630.90
Dividend yield0.9%3.3%

Similar stocks in Financial Services

How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.

SymbolCompanyRating
BROBrown & Brown Incthis page
ERIEErie Indemnity CompanyLow3.6
RYANRyan Specialty Group Holdings Inclocked
AJGArthur J Gallagher & CoLow3.6
WTWWillis Towers Watson PLClocked
AONAon PLClocked

Frequently asked questions about Brown & Brown Inc stock

How does Brown & Brown Inc stock (BRO) score in the StockScorer model?
Brown & Brown Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 5.5 out of 10, but is not rated (exclusion rule: Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks).
What is Brown & Brown Inc's P/E ratio?
Brown & Brown Inc's P/E ratio is 21.4. The Financial Services sector median is 15.2.
What sector is Brown & Brown Inc in?
Brown & Brown Inc is assigned to the Financial Services sector. Its rank within the sector is 46.9 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

Unlock the full analysis for free

Signed up in 30 seconds, free.

  • More metrics: FCF margin, cash flow yield and more
  • Full peer comparison within the same sector
  • See the match across all strategies in detail
  • Apply your own scoring profile to any stock
  • Add the stock to your watchlist and track score changes
  • Daily updated ratings, rule-based and transparent

Learn more about the metrics in the metrics glossary or all rated stocks in the stock overview.

How StockScorer rates every stock is explained on the methodology page.