Reviewing Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) & XChange TEC.INC (NASDAQ:XHG)

Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and XChange TEC.INC (NASDAQ:XHG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Marsh & McLennan Companies and XChange TEC.INC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marsh & McLennan Companies	2	10	4	0	2.13
XChange TEC.INC	0	0	0	0	0.00

Marsh & McLennan Companies presently has a consensus target price of $230.44, indicating a potential downside of 0.90%. Given Marsh & McLennan Companies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marsh & McLennan Companies is more favorable than XChange TEC.INC.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Marsh & McLennan Companies and XChange TEC.INC”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marsh & McLennan Companies	$24.46 billion	4.67	$4.06 billion	$8.19	28.39
XChange TEC.INC	$288.37 million	0.00	-$32.32 million	N/A	N/A

Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than XChange TEC.INC.

Profitability

This table compares Marsh & McLennan Companies and XChange TEC.INC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marsh & McLennan Companies	16.60%	32.60%	8.63%
XChange TEC.INC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XChange TEC.INC has a beta of -0.78, indicating that its share price is 178% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of XChange TEC.INC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Marsh & McLennan Companies beats XChange TEC.INC on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Marsh & McLennan Companies

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. is a professional services firm, which engages in offering clients advice and solutions in risk, strategy, and people. It operates through the Risk and Insurance Services, and Consulting segments. The Risk and Insurance Services segment is involved in risk management activities, as well as insurance and reinsurance broking and services. The Consulting segment offers health, wealth, and career solutions and products, and specialized management, strategic, economic, and brand consulting services. The company was founded by Henry W. Marsh and Donald R. McLennan in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About XChange TEC.INC

XChange TEC.INC engages in the professional insurance agency business in the People’s Republic of China. The company provides a various insurance products underwritten by insurance companies, including state-owned property and casualty insurance companies, as well as various regional property and casualty insurance companies. It also offers automobile, life, health, group accident, and other property related insurances primarily to individual end consumers. In addition, the company operates a SaaS platform to offer comprehensive services to online customers. It sells insurance primarily through a network of external referral sources that include external registered sales representatives and strategic channel partners, as well as through the in-house sales force. The company was formerly known as FLJ Group Limited and changed its name to XChange TEC.INC in May 2024. XChange TEC.INC was founded in 2012 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.