Both in Insurance

Markel Group vs Brown & Brown

Over the past year MKL returned −1.4% and BRO returned −6.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.45.

MKL −1.4% BRO −6.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMKLBRO
Price$1,954.51$73.89
Market cap$23.90B$24.51B
Today+2.96%+4.19%
1 month+12.4%+21.2%
6 months+9.5%+30.6%
Year to date−9.1%−7.3%
1 year0.0%−5.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.7%+9.7%
Gross margin50.1%100.0%
Net margin5.4%13.9%
P/E (TTM)13.6×20.4×
Price / sales1.6×3.6×
Net cash-$164.1M-$6.66B
Dividend yield—0.97%
Volatility (60d)16.8%35.0%
Short % of float2.3%5.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).