William Blair Forecasts Brown & Brown FY2026 Earnings

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) – Research analysts at William Blair issued their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Brown & Brown in a report issued on Thursday, January 23rd. William Blair analyst A. Klauber forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $4.47 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Brown & Brown’s current full-year earnings is $3.74 per share.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on BRO. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Brown & Brown from $98.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. StockNews.com cut Brown & Brown from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 2nd. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Brown & Brown from $116.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut 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. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Brown & Brown from $113.00 to $118.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Brown & Brown currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $112.08.

Brown & Brown Trading Down 2.7 %

Shares of Brown & Brown stock opened at $104.98 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $105.63 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $104.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 1.73 and a current ratio of 1.73. Brown & Brown has a fifty-two week low of $75.79 and a fifty-two week high of $114.15. The company has a market cap of $30.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.85.

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) last posted its earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.10. Brown & Brown had a net margin of 22.65% and a return on equity of 17.12%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Brown & Brown

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI boosted its stake in Brown & Brown by 258.0% during the third quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 646,574 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $66,985,000 after buying an additional 465,988 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Brown & Brown by 392.3% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 472,953 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $42,287,000 after acquiring an additional 376,892 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Brown & Brown by 17.8% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 2,466,582 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $255,537,000 after purchasing an additional 371,980 shares during the period. Handelsbanken Fonder AB grew its holdings in shares of Brown & Brown by 771.5% in the third quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 415,134 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $43,008,000 after purchasing an additional 367,500 shares during the period. Finally, FMR LLC increased its position in Brown & Brown by 42.4% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,109,840 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $114,979,000 after purchasing an additional 330,661 shares during the last quarter. 71.01% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Brown & Brown Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be paid a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. Brown & Brown’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.35%.

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.