Q4 EPS Estimates for Brown & Brown Raised by Zacks Research

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Brown & Brown in a report issued on Monday, February 17th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.90 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.88. The consensus estimate for Brown & Brown’s current full-year earnings is $4.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Brown & Brown’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.15 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Truist Financial raised their target price 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. StockNews.com lowered shares of Brown & Brown from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their target price on shares of Brown & Brown from $99.00 to $97.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Brown & Brown from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Brown & Brown from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Brown & Brown currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $113.17.

Brown & Brown Stock Up 0.0 %

Shares of NYSE BRO opened at $111.65 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.92 billion, a PE ratio of 32.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Brown & Brown has a 1 year low of $80.33 and a 1 year high of $114.15. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $105.28 and its 200-day moving average is $105.45.

Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th were paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 5th. Brown & Brown’s payout ratio is 17.34%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BRO. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Brown & Brown during the fourth quarter worth about $313,412,000. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in Brown & Brown by 626.6% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,350,039 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $239,751,000 after acquiring an additional 2,026,589 shares in the last quarter. Madison Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Brown & Brown in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $198,031,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Brown & Brown by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 29,940,139 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $3,054,493,000 after buying an additional 1,335,964 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Brown & Brown by 11,337.8% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,108,894 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,109,000 after buying an additional 1,099,199 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.