AON (AON) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aon plc, a professional services firm, provides a range of risk and human capital solutions worldwide. It offers commercial risk solutions, including retail brokerage, specialty solutions, global risk consulting and captives management, and affinity programs; and health solutions, such as health and benefits brokerages, and health care exchanges. The company also provides treaty and facultative reinsurance, as well as insurance-linked securities, capital raising, strategic advice, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions services; and corporate finance advisory services. In addition, it offers strategic design consulting services on their retirement programs, actuarial services, and risk management services; and advice services on developing and maintaining investment programs across various plan types, including defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, endowments, and foundations for public and private companies, and other institutions. Aon plc was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $383.24 to $387.37
• 50-Day Range: $343.91 to $386.92
• 52-Week Range: $268.06 to $389.21
• Volume: 755,608 shs
• Average Volume: 1.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $83.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.59
• Dividend Yield: 0.70%
• Price Target: $362.06
• Consensus Rating: Hold

AON Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AON scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 233rd out of 922 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

AON has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.19, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AON has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AON are expected to grow by 12.90% in the coming year, from $15.43 to $17.42 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AON is 32.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 116.97.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AON is 32.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 39.10.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AON has a PEG Ratio of 2.40. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AON has a P/B Ratio of 13.01. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.24% of the float of AON has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AON has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AON has recently decreased by 0.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

AON has a dividend yield of 0.71%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

AON does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AON is 22.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, AON will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.50% next year. This indicates that AON will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.94

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.24% of the float of AON has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AON has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AON has recently decreased by 0.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.74

News Sentiment

AON has a news sentiment score of 0.74. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 33 news articles for AON this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

10 people have searched for AON on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 43% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added AON to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AON insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.30% of the stock of AON is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.14% of the stock of AON is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

AON Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AON shares performed this year?

AON's stock was trading at $291.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AON shares have increased by 32.7% and is now trading at $386.21.
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How were AON's earnings last quarter?

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 26th. The financial services provider reported $5.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $5.86 by $0.20. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does AON have any subsidiaries?

AON subsidiaries include these companies: Tyche, Welfare S.r.l, Anviti Insurance Brokers Private Limited, Willis Towers Watson, Cytelligence, CoverWallet, Ovatio Courtage SAS, and others.

Who are AON's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of AON include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.62%), State Street Corp (4.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.00%) and Mawer Investment Management Ltd. (1.97%). Insiders that own company stock include Christa Davies, Eric Andersen, Lester B Knight, Darren Zeidel, Lisa Stevens, Byron Spruell and Michael Neller.
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How do I buy shares of AON?

Shares of AON stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of AON own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that AON investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Comcast (CMCSA), Humana (HUM), Charles Schwab (SCHW), American Water Works (AWK) and McKesson (MCK).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/26/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 11/15 Dividend: 11/01/2024
• Dividend Payable: 11/15/2024
• Today: 11/23/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/07/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance agents, brokers, & service
• Sub-Industry: Insurance Brokers
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AON
• CUSIP: G0408V10
• CIK: 315293
• Web: www.aon.com
• Phone: (531) 266-6000
• Fax: 44-20-7621-1511
• Employees: 50,000
• Year Founded: 1987

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $362.06
• High Stock Price Target: $440.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $296.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -6.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.19
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $11.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.05
• P/E Growth: 2.38
• Net Income: $2.56 billion
• Net Margins: 16.32%
• Pretax Margin: 21.31%
• Return on Equity: 107.43%
• Return on Assets: 7.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.66
• Current Ratio: 2.05
• Quick Ratio: 2.05

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.38 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.24
• Cash Flow: $16.05 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.06
• Book Value: $29.68 per share
• Price / Book: 13.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 216,270,000
• Free Float: 213,455,000
• Market Cap: $83.53 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.91