Head-To-Head Survey: Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHFAN) vs. AON (NYSE:AON)

AON (NYSE:AON) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHFAN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Dividends

AON pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Brighthouse Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. AON pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AON and Brighthouse Financial”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AON	$17.18 billion	3.98	$3.69 billion	$18.14	17.78
Brighthouse Financial	$6.35 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AON has higher revenue and earnings than Brighthouse Financial.

Profitability

This table compares AON and Brighthouse Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AON	22.27%	42.13%	7.57%
Brighthouse Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for AON and Brighthouse Financial, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AON	0	7	12	0	2.63
Brighthouse Financial	0	0	0	0	0.00

AON presently has a consensus target price of $399.12, suggesting a potential upside of 23.73%. Given AON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AON is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.1% of AON shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of AON shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AON beats Brighthouse Financial on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

About Brighthouse Financial

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. provides annuity and life insurance products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Annuities, Life, and Run-off. The Annuities segment consists of variable, fixed, index-linked, and income annuities for contract holders' needs for protected wealth accumulation on a tax-deferred basis, wealth transfer, and income security. The Life segment offers term, universal, whole, and variable life products for policyholders' needs for financial security and protected wealth transfer. The Run-off segment manages structured settlements, pension risk transfer contracts, certain company-owned life insurance policies, funding agreements, and universal life with secondary guarantees. Brighthouse Financial, Inc. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.