Marsh McLennan (MRSH) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What MRSH does

Marsh McLennan (MRSH) is a professional services company that provides advisory services and insurance solutions to clients worldwide. It operates through two segments: Risk and Insurance Services, which offers risk management, insurance broking, program management, and analytical modeling, and Consulting, which provides health, wealth, and career advice as well as strategic and economic consulting. The company, founded in 1871 and headquartered in New York, serves businesses, public entities, insurance companies, and private clients.

Key numbers explained

• 170.38 USD is the current share price, representing the latest trading value of one share of Marsh McLennan.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 20.8 compares the share price to the last 12 months of earnings per share (8.19 USD), showing how much investors pay for each dollar of recent earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 14.9 uses expected future earnings, often viewed as a more forward-looking valuation measure.
• 2.33% is the dividend yield, which indicates the annual dividend income as a percentage of the share price.
• The ex-dividend date is Oct 1, 2026, the date by which an investor must own the stock to receive the next dividend payment.
• 44% of earnings are paid out as dividends, showing the portion of profit returned to shareholders.
• A beta of 0.58 suggests the stock has historically been less volatile than the overall market.
• 81.31B USD is the market capitalization, the total market value of all outstanding shares.

Recent news

Recent headlines include a piece on cash-producing stocks that mentions Marsh, an analysis of whether Marsh can benefit from changing asset owner priorities, and a report on how large asset owners are using cash, infrastructure, and emerging markets to manage volatility spikes. Other stories cover rising war risk costs affecting insurance stocks and a brokerage acquisition by a peer, while a separate article discusses employer health costs and their implications for the health insurance sector.

What to watch

Investors often look at how Marsh McLennan, as part of the S&P 500, responds to changes in insurance brokerage margins, global risk events, and corporate spending on risk management. The company's performance can be influenced by interest rate movements, which affect both insurance pricing and the valuations of financial services peers such as Regions Financial Corporation (RF), BlackRock (BLK), KKR & Co. (KKR), Mastercard (MA), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Bank of America (BAC), and KeyCorp (KEY). Regulatory changes, merger activity in the brokerage industry, and shifts in corporate risk appetite are also relevant factors to monitor.