AON (AON) Projected to Post Earnings on Friday

AON (NYSE:AON) will likely be releasing its Q1 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Friday, April 25th. Analysts expect AON to post earnings of $6.04 per share and revenue of $4.83 billion for the quarter.

AON (NYSE:AON) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The financial services provider reported $4.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.25 by $0.17. AON had a return on equity of 70.84% and a net margin of 16.91%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.89 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect AON to post $17 EPS for the current fiscal year and $19 EPS for the next fiscal year.

AON Stock Performance

Shares of AON opened at $368.83 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.40, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58. The business’s 50 day moving average is $388.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $375.63. The firm has a market cap of $79.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.13, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.82. AON has a 52-week low of $268.06 and a 52-week high of $412.97.

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 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. AON’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.54%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AON has been the subject of a number of research reports. Barclays decreased their price target on AON from $440.00 to $430.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Redburn Partners set a $445.00 target price on AON in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Redburn Atlantic raised AON to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Evercore ISI upgraded shares of AON from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $407.00 to $420.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of AON from $396.00 to $416.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AON has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $393.87.

About AON

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.