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AON vs. MMC, AJG, BRO, CRD.B, EHTH, WTW, RYAN, ERIE, EQH, and CRVL

Should you be buying AON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AON include Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Brown & Brown (BRO), Crawford & Company (CRD.B), eHealth (EHTH), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Equitable (EQH), and CorVel (CRVL). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.

AON vs.

AON (NYSE:AON) and Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

In the previous week, Marsh & McLennan Companies had 1 more articles in the media than AON. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies and 37 mentions for AON. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat AON's score of 0.84 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AON
24 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Marsh & McLennan Companies
33 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AON has a net margin of 16.91% compared to Marsh & McLennan Companies' net margin of 16.60%. AON's return on equity of 70.84% beat Marsh & McLennan Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AON16.91% 70.84% 6.94%
Marsh & McLennan Companies 16.60%32.60%8.63%

AON has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AON presently has a consensus price target of $397.27, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Marsh & McLennan Companies has a consensus price target of $241.93, suggesting a potential upside of 6.21%. Given AON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AON is more favorable than Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AON
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Marsh & McLennan Companies
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

AON received 48 more outperform votes than Marsh & McLennan Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.28% of users gave Marsh & McLennan Companies an outperform vote while only 55.82% of users gave AON an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AONOutperform Votes
556
55.82%
Underperform Votes
440
44.18%
Marsh & McLennan CompaniesOutperform Votes
508
61.28%
Underperform Votes
321
38.72%

AON pays an annual dividend of $2.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AON pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marsh & McLennan Companies has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Marsh & McLennan Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

86.1% of AON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of AON shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Marsh & McLennan Companies has higher revenue and earnings than AON. Marsh & McLennan Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AON$16.36B4.68$2.65B$11.7430.21
Marsh & McLennan Companies$25.05B4.48$4.06B$8.1627.91

Summary

AON beats Marsh & McLennan Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AON vs. The Competition

MetricAONInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$76.57B$18.08B$11.46B$19.25B
Dividend Yield0.82%1.67%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio28.0124.9022.4034.49
Price / Sales4.686.6927.3234.66
Price / Cash21.0525.6617.6217.51
Price / Book12.1718.992.794.67
Net Income$2.65B$708.45M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.07%-5.14%-1.05%-2.14%
1 Month Performance-3.76%-3.79%5.36%7.04%
1 Year Performance24.60%-3.24%537.58%3.72%

AON Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AON
AON
4.1309 of 5 stars
$355.86
-0.6%
$391.75
+10.1%
+23.4%$76.83B$16.36B28.1050,000
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.2985 of 5 stars
$231.74
+0.2%
$241.93
+4.4%
+9.1%$114.18B$25.05B28.3085,000News Coverage
Positive News
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.5092 of 5 stars
$343.59
+0.4%
$318.57
-7.3%
+31.0%$87.99B$12.03B52.7044,000Positive News
Insider Trade
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.0443 of 5 stars
$111.95
+0.2%
$116.85
+4.4%
+23.5%$32.09B$4.85B32.3615,200Trending News
Analyst Revision
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
3.862 of 5 stars
$10.90
+0.2%
N/A+13.0%$539.05M$1.35B27.259,250Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
EHTH
eHealth
4.2439 of 5 stars
$4.66
+5.4%
$6.75
+44.8%
-14.7%$141.32M$552.57M-1.641,520Analyst Forecast
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0782 of 5 stars
$313.92
+0.6%
$351.55
+12.0%
+22.4%$31.13B$9.81B-313.9246,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.5783 of 5 stars
$70.20
-0.7%
$75.58
+7.7%
+27.6%$18.42B$2.65B101.743,850Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
0.8914 of 5 stars
$372.71
-0.3%
N/A-10.8%$17.22B$3.99B34.876,040
EQH
Equitable
4.4763 of 5 stars
$53.64
+0.1%
$61.83
+15.3%
+27.3%$16.30B$14.78B14.048,200Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
CRVL
CorVel
1.0575 of 5 stars
$114.31
+0.5%
N/A+21.8%$5.87B$871.31M67.244,230Positive News
Earnings Report

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