Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Aon plc (NYSE:AON - Free Report) by 10.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 736,916 shares of the financial services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 70,137 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 0.34% of AON worth $264,667,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of AON in the fourth quarter valued at about $596,665,000. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership lifted its position in shares of AON by 86.7% in the 4th quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 2,067,551 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $742,582,000 after purchasing an additional 960,204 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of AON by 14.5% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,949,919 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,773,165,000 after purchasing an additional 627,742 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in AON by 5,877.4% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 536,174 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $192,572,000 after buying an additional 527,204 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in AON by 43,000.8% during the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 390,924 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $140,404,000 after buying an additional 390,017 shares during the period. 86.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research analysts have recently commented on AON shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on AON from $394.00 to $409.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of AON from $372.00 to $384.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of AON from $440.00 to $430.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded shares of AON to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded AON from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $407.00 to $420.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $393.87.
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AON Price Performance
Shares of AON stock traded down $5.28 on Thursday, hitting $363.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,889,854 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,238,602. The company has a market capitalization of $78.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.82. Aon plc has a 1 year low of $268.06 and a 1 year high of $412.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a current ratio of 1.40. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $387.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $375.76.
AON (NYSE:AON - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The financial services provider reported $4.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.25 by $0.17. AON had a return on equity of 70.84% and a net margin of 16.91%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.89 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Aon plc will post 17.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
AON Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.745 per share. This represents a $2.98 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. This is an increase from AON's previous quarterly dividend of $0.68. AON's dividend payout ratio is 23.54%.
About AON
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Aon Plc engages in the provision of risk, health, and wealth solutions. It focuses on risk capital including claim management, reinsurance, risk analysis, management, retention, and transfer; and human capital involving analytics, health and benefits, investments, pensions and retirement, talent and rewards, and workplace wellbeing.
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