William Blair Has Pessimistic Outlook of AON FY2025 Earnings

Aon plc (NYSE:AON - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair lowered their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AON in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 14th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $16.89 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $16.93. The consensus estimate for AON's current full-year earnings is $17.21 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AON's Q4 2025 earnings at $4.81 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on AON from $451.00 to $448.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of AON in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised AON to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Barclays reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $420.00 price objective (up from $401.00) on shares of AON in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on AON from $421.00 to $427.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AON presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $420.00.

AON Stock Performance

Shares of AON stock opened at $343.09 on Friday. The business's 50-day moving average price is $363.65 and its 200-day moving average price is $361.80. AON has a 12 month low of $323.73 and a 12 month high of $412.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $73.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.73, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.52, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.93.

AON (NYSE:AON - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The financial services provider reported $3.49 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.40 by $0.09. AON had a return on equity of 50.91% and a net margin of 15.54%.The firm had revenue of $4.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.16 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.93 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AON

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. WCM Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in AON by 0.3% in the first quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 2,051,816 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $809,544,000 after purchasing an additional 6,038 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its holdings in AON by 5.6% in the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 28,022 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $11,183,000 after purchasing an additional 1,489 shares in the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in AON by 425.3% in the first quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,907 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $761,000 after purchasing an additional 1,544 shares in the last quarter. Ninety One North America Inc. increased its holdings in AON by 64.4% in the first quarter. Ninety One North America Inc. now owns 7,483 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $2,986,000 after purchasing an additional 2,932 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Peak Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in AON in the second quarter worth approximately $2,464,000. 86.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

AON Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 3rd will be issued a $0.745 dividend. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 3rd. AON's payout ratio is presently 24.96%.

About AON

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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