Brown & Brown, Inc (NYSE: BRO) is 9.44% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $80.33 and a high of $114.15 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The BRO stock was last observed hovering at around $112.31 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.66%.
Currently trading at $111.65, the stock is 3.58% and 6.18% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.48 million and changing -0.59% at the moment leaves the stock 10.69% off its SMA200. BRO registered 35.02% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 8.91%.
The stock witnessed a 5.64% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.45%, and is 2.16% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.34% over the week and 1.69% over the month.
Brown & Brown, Inc (BRO) has around 17403 employees, a market worth around $31.92B and $4.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.26 and Fwd P/E is 24.53. Profit margin for the company is 20.41%. Distance from 52-week low is 38.99% and -2.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.61%).
with sales reaching $1.41B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.99% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.79% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 11.97% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 286.00M, and float is at 236.90M with Short Float at 1.79%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 28.7 million shares valued at $2.57 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.2119 of the BRO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 16.67 million shares valued at $1.49 billion to account for 5.933 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. which holds 13.13 million shares representing 4.6574 and valued at over $1.17 billion, while PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC holds 4.5569 of the shares totaling 12.8 million with a market value of $1.14 billion.
Brown & Brown, Inc (BRO) Insider Activity
Brown & Brown, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 25 ’24 that BROWN HYATT J (Chairman) sold a total of 389,007 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 25 ’24 and was made at $111.75 per share for $43.47 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 36.03 million shares of the BRO stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 26 ’24, BROWN HYATT J (Chairman) disposed off 29,921 shares at an average price of $111.75 for $3.34 million. The insider now directly holds 36,000,000 shares of Brown & Brown, Inc (BRO).
