William Blair Decreases Earnings Estimates for Brown & Brown

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) – Investment analysts at William Blair dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Brown & Brown in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 28th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $1.01 for the quarter, down from their prior 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 have also recently issued research reports about the company. Bank of America increased their target price on Brown & Brown from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Brown & Brown from $108.00 to $119.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Brown & Brown from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Brown & Brown from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price target on shares of Brown & Brown from $99.00 to $97.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $113.17.

Brown & Brown Stock Up 2.3 %

NYSE BRO opened at $105.53 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $105.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $104.09. Brown & Brown has a one year low of $75.79 and a one year high of $114.15. The firm has a market cap of $30.18 billion, a PE ratio of 30.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 1.73.

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.86 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 Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.57%. Brown & Brown’s dividend payout ratio is 17.34%.

Institutional Trading of Brown & Brown

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. raised its position in shares of Brown & Brown by 324.3% during the fourth quarter. Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 19,285 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,967,000 after purchasing an additional 14,740 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its stake in Brown & Brown by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 161,569 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $18,104,000 after purchasing an additional 6,805 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new stake in Brown & Brown during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $9,832,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Brown & Brown by 1.4% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,315,654 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $136,302,000 after buying an additional 17,934 shares during the period. Finally, Peak Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Brown & Brown during the fourth quarter worth $3,037,000. 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.