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. Its Competitors
Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) and AON (NYSE:AON) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
88.0% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of AON shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marsh & McLennan Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of AON shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term 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.
In the previous week, Marsh & McLennan Companies had 3 more articles in the media than AON. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Marsh & McLennan Companies and 19 mentions for AON. Marsh & McLennan Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat AON's score of 0.55 indicating that Marsh & McLennan Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Marsh & McLennan Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. AON pays an annual dividend of $2.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Marsh & McLennan Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AON pays out 25.4% 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.
Marsh & McLennan Companies has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AON has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Marsh & McLennan Companies presently has a consensus target price of $241.93, indicating a potential upside of 11.34%. AON has a consensus target price of $397.27, indicating a potential upside of 13.58%. Given AON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AON is more favorable than Marsh & McLennan Companies.
Summary
AON beats Marsh & McLennan Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AON) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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