Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for AON Q3 Earnings

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for shares of AON in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst K. Dey now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $3.26 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $3.33. The consensus estimate for AON’s current full-year earnings is $17.21 per share.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on AON from $410.00 to $445.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Redburn Atlantic raised shares of AON to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Barclays cut their target price on shares of AON from $430.00 to $415.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Evercore ISI decreased their price target on shares of AON from $420.00 to $398.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised AON from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $384.00 to $378.00 in a research report on Monday, April 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AON has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $390.67.

AON Price Performance

Shares of AON stock opened at $354.10 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $377.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $375.42. AON has a twelve month low of $275.07 and a twelve month high of $412.97. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $76.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.97, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.89.

AON (NYSE:AON) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 25th. The financial services provider reported $5.67 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.04 by ($0.37). The company had revenue of $4.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.83 billion. AON had a return on equity of 70.84% and a net margin of 16.91%. During the same period last year, the company posted $5.66 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis.

AON Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.745 per share. This is a positive change from AON’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.68. This represents a $2.98 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. AON’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.38%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AON

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AON. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in AON during the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Endeavor Private Wealth Inc. bought a new stake in shares of AON in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of AON by 2,025.0% during the 4th quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 85 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new position in AON in the fourth quarter worth $32,000. Finally, HHM Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in AON by 54.7% during the first quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 82 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.14% of the company’s stock.

AON Company Profile

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.