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

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), eHealth (EHTH), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Equitable (EQH), CorVel (CRVL), and Enact (ACT). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

AON presently has a consensus price target of $390.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. Marsh & McLennan Companies has a consensus price target of $241.93, indicating a potential upside of 7.95%. 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Marsh & McLennan Companies
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

AON received 47 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 55.78% of users gave AON an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AONOutperform Votes
555
55.78%
Underperform Votes
440
44.22%
Marsh & McLennan CompaniesOutperform Votes
508
61.28%
Underperform Votes
321
38.72%

AON has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 1.5%. 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 increased 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.

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%

In the previous week, AON had 13 more articles in the media than Marsh & McLennan Companies. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for AON and 31 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat AON's score of 0.71 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
22 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Marsh & McLennan Companies
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$16.36B4.64$2.65B$11.7429.96
Marsh & McLennan Companies$25.05B4.41$4.06B$8.1627.46

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$75.96B$18.57B$11.11B$18.96B
Dividend Yield0.77%1.44%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio27.7923.6322.1032.87
Price / Sales4.645.8526.3128.03
Price / Cash21.0526.5517.6017.52
Price / Book12.0717.652.674.47
Net Income$2.65B$731.04M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.24%-1.39%0.77%0.73%
1 Month Performance-11.82%-9.45%-0.17%-2.62%
1 Year Performance24.06%4.46%538.56%4.59%

AON Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AON
AON
4.426 of 5 stars
$351.78
-0.8%
$390.67
+11.1%
+24.1%$75.96B$16.36B27.7950,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.4216 of 5 stars
$220.51
+0.6%
$241.93
+9.7%
+12.2%$108.65B$25.05B26.9285,000Positive News
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.4797 of 5 stars
$323.73
+0.4%
$315.27
-2.6%
+33.2%$82.79B$11.55B49.6544,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.0593 of 5 stars
$114.86
+0.4%
$117.50
+2.3%
+31.9%$32.84B$4.71B33.2015,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EHTH
eHealth
3.2107 of 5 stars
$6.09
-2.6%
$6.38
+4.7%
+24.8%$182.35M$532.41M-2.141,520Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1492 of 5 stars
$303.16
+0.3%
$348.25
+14.9%
+20.3%$30.22B$9.81B-303.1646,600
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.6219 of 5 stars
$65.24
+0.6%
$75.67
+16.0%
+23.7%$17.09B$2.52B94.553,850Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
1.8642 of 5 stars
$347.33
-4.0%
N/A-8.3%$16.04B$3.86B32.496,040Dividend Announcement
EQH
Equitable
4.2109 of 5 stars
$50.42
+1.5%
$60.91
+20.8%
+27.5%$15.47B$12.44B13.208,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
0.9444 of 5 stars
$109.75
-0.5%
N/A+35.9%$5.64B$871.31M64.564,230News Coverage
Positive News
ACT
Enact
N/A$35.16
+0.9%
$35.00
-0.5%
+21.9%$5.32B$1.20B8.05500Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Buyback Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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