Roth Capital Comments on AON’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:AON)

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of AON in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, November 4th. Roth Capital analyst H. Fong now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $17.00 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $16.90. Roth Capital currently has a “Buy” rating and a $390.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for AON’s current full-year earnings is $17.21 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for AON’s Q4 2025 earnings at $4.78 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $6.34 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $19.00 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $6.94 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $4.28 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $3.99 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $21.25 EPS.

AON (NYSE:AON) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The financial services provider reported $3.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.14. AON had a net margin of 15.54% and a return on equity of 50.91%. The business had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.97 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.72 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of AON from $436.00 to $433.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of AON from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $385.00 to $430.00 in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on AON in a research note on Monday, September 15th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on AON from $393.00 to $413.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $420.00 price objective (up from $401.00) on shares of AON in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AON currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $421.07.

AON Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AON opened at $344.22 on Wednesday. AON has a fifty-two week low of $323.73 and a fifty-two week high of $412.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.93, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.52. The company has a market cap of $73.99 billion, a PE ratio of 28.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $355.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $358.12.

AON Announces Dividend

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AON

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of AON in the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Westside Investment Management Inc. raised its position in AON by 100.0% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 70 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. Saudi Central Bank purchased a new position in AON during the first quarter valued at $31,000. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AON in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, HHM Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of AON by 54.7% during the first quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 82 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.