What Are the Fundamentals of Aon (AON)?

By Harris Dyer • Monday, October 27 15:21 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Aon over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Specialty Insurance stock at a price of $337.05? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Aon has moved -9.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.6%
AON has an average analyst rating of buy and is -18.98% away from its mean target price of $416.0 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $11.85
Aon has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $17.39 and its forward P/E ratio is 19.4
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 9.27 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Aon is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 15.92 and an average P/B of 1.78
AON has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 8.1% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company has a free cash flow of $3.13 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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 captive management, and affinity programs; and health solutions, such as consulting and brokerage, consumer benefit, and talent advisory services. The company also provides insurance-linked securities, capital raising, strategic advice, restructuring, and merger and acquisition services; and risk management products and services, capital market solutions, and corporate finance advisory services. In addition, the company offers treaty and facultative reinsurance services; strategic design advice and actuarial services; and investment advisory services on developing and maintaining investment programs across various plan types, including defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, and trusts for corporations, public pensions, endowments, and foundations. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

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