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MetricHGTYHagerty, Inc.MRSHMARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.AJGArthur J. Gallagher & Co.BROBROWN & BROWN, INC.Median of the restexcluding HGTY
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$15.79▲ 0.27 (1.74%)
$199.27▲ 8.71 (4.57%)
$270.98▲ 12.61 (4.88%)
$74.49▲ 3.96 (5.61%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/107.3/108.7/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$5.43B$96.65B$69.64B$25.03B
Revenue$677.6M$26.98B$13.94B$5.90B
Profit$149.2M$4.16B$1.49B$1.05B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.23.5%10.3%20.7%22.8%20.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—23.1%——23.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.22.0%15.4%10.7%17.9%15.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.28.7%18.5%12.8%23.4%18.5%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.67.4%27.2%6.4%8.4%8.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—14.5%——14.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.36.36x23.23x46.61x23.75x23.75x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—17.25x——17.25x
Price to book24.52x6.31x2.99x1.99x2.99x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.6.09x2.83x2.03x1.39x2.03x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/67/86/84/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How HGTY compares with the others

  • HGTY's profit margin of 22.0% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (15.4%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 23.5% against 20.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 36.4x against 23.7x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 6.1x against 2.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.