What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for AON FY2025 Earnings?

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Zacks Research upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for AON in a report issued on Thursday, November 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $16.99 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $16.80. The consensus estimate for AON’s current full-year earnings is $17.21 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AON’s Q4 2025 earnings at $4.78 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $6.41 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.79 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.46 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.44 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $19.10 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $7.19 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $4.30 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $3.94 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $21.49 EPS.

Several other research firms have also issued reports on AON. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on AON from $427.00 to $435.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of AON from $393.00 to $413.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Citigroup raised shares of AON from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $402.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price target on AON from $428.00 to $410.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of AON from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $419.13.

AON Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of AON traded down $2.41 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $348.53. 155,627 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,291,838. AON has a 12 month low of $323.73 and a 12 month high of $412.97. The company has a market capitalization of $74.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.86. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $352.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $357.52. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.93.

AON (NYSE:AON) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The financial services provider reported $3.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.91 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.97 billion. AON had a net margin of 15.54% and a return on equity of 50.91%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.72 earnings per share.

AON Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.745 per share. This represents a $2.98 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 3rd. AON’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 23.88%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AON

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Dodge & Cox purchased a new position in AON in the third quarter worth $1,235,437,000. Polen Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of AON by 318.1% during the 1st quarter. Polen Capital Management LLC now owns 3,007,719 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,200,350,000 after buying an additional 2,288,397 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in AON in the second quarter valued at approximately $754,671,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in AON during the first quarter worth $505,108,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP purchased a new stake in shares of AON during the 1st quarter worth about $490,634,000. Institutional investors own 86.14% of the company’s stock.

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.