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Brown & Brown BRO Wholesale Brokerage — Business Acquisitions Contingent Consideration At Fair Value

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '16

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EVRInvestment Banking — Fair Value Of Contingent Consideration

$0—

AJGBrokerage — Change in estimated acquisition earnout payables

$16M+6.7%

BRKRVarious — Business Combination Contingent Consideration Asset

$13.4M—

ONBInsurance — Business Combination Contingent Consideration Liability

$100K—

RMDBusiness Acquisition, Contingent Consideration, Recognized Liability

-$3.17M—

WTWNon Cash Or Part Non Cash Acquisition Fair Value Of Deferred And Contingent Consideration

$1.5M+100%

Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$1.9B+35.4%

Net income$426.0M+28.7%

EPS (diluted)$1.06-7.8%

Balance sheet

Cash & equivalents$1.0B+49.9%

Total debt$8.1B+101%

Total equity$5.6B+21.1%

Total assets$29.7B+77.2%

Cash flow

Operating cash flow$262.0M+23.0%

CapEx$21.0M+23.5%

Free cash flow$241.0M+23.0%

Valuation

Market cap$20.03B-39.6%

Enterprise value$27.15B-25.9%

P/E17.5×-14.7×

P/S3.1×-3.6×

Profitability

Net margin17.9%-2.9pp

FCF margin22.3%-3.7pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity17.1%+1.8pp

Debt / equity0.7×-0.2×

Current ratio1×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Brown & Brown in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept bro:BusinessAcquisitionsContingentConsiderationAtFairValue.

The official record: Brown & Brown’s 10-K, filed February 26, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does wholesale brokerage — business acquisitions contingent consideration at fair value mean?: The estimated value of future 'earn-out' payments owed to sellers if acquired businesses hit performance goals.
How do you interpret wholesale brokerage — business acquisitions contingent consideration at fair value?: An increase often signals management's confidence in the future performance of recently acquired units.
How does wholesale brokerage — business acquisitions contingent consideration at fair value compare across companies?: Widely used in professional services and brokerage sectors where acquisition success is tied to client retention and revenue growth.