Brown & Brown vs Ryan Specialty
Brown & Brown reported revenue of $5.9 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.9 times Ryan Specialty's $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025. Brown & Brown's revenue grew 22.8% in its latest year, and Ryan Specialty's grew 21.3%. Free cash flow was $1.4 billion at Brown & Brown and $641 million at Ryan Specialty.
Side by side
| Brown & Brown | Ryan Specialty | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $5.9B | $3.1B |
| Revenue growth | 22.8% | 21.3% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 17.7% | 24.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | 16.2% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 2.1% |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B | $641M |
| Free cash flow margin | 23.4% | 21.0% |
| Return on capital | 9.1% | 8.7% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.8x | 4.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $293M | $62M |
| Change in diluted share count | 10.2% | — |
| Last close | $71.08 | $44.47 |
| P/E at the last close | 22.5× | — |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $164,123, sold $0 | bought $5.6 million, sold $234.6 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 of 8 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Brown & Brown and Ryan Specialty pages.