William Blair Decreases Earnings Estimates for Brown & Brown

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) – Investment analysts at William Blair lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Brown & Brown in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, January 28th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.01 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.04. The consensus estimate for Brown & Brown’s current full-year earnings is $4.15 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Brown & Brown’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Barclays raised their target price on Brown & Brown from $108.00 to $119.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Brown & Brown from $116.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on Brown & Brown from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. StockNews.com cut Brown & Brown from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 2nd. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on shares of Brown & Brown from $99.00 to $97.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Brown & Brown currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $113.17.

Brown & Brown Price Performance

BRO opened at $104.65 on Friday. Brown & Brown has a twelve month low of $75.79 and a twelve month high of $114.15. The firm has a market cap of $29.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.25, a PEG ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $105.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $104.24.

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.10. Brown & Brown had a net margin of 20.68% and a return on equity of 17.81%.

Brown & Brown Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be issued a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. Brown & Brown’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 17.34%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Brown & Brown

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BRO. Atlas Legacy Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Brown & Brown during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $939,000. Callahan Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Brown & Brown during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $251,000. GAM Holding AG bought a new position in Brown & Brown during the 4th quarter worth $1,023,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its position in Brown & Brown by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 29,841 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $3,044,000 after buying an additional 361 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp increased its position in Brown & Brown by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 279,134 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $28,477,000 after buying an additional 5,521 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.01% of the company’s stock.

About Brown & Brown

Brown & Brown, Inc is an insurance agency, wholesale brokerage, insurance program and service organization. It engages in the provision of insurance brokerage services and casualty insurance underwriting services. It operates through the following segments: Retail, National Programs, Wholesale Brokerage, and Services.