Reviewing AON (NYSE:AON) and Till Capital (OTCMKTS:TILCF)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Till Capital and AON, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Till Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
AON	1	4	8	0	2.54

AON has a consensus target price of $409.2143, indicating a potential upside of 13.45%. Given AON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AON is more favorable than Till Capital.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.1% of AON shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Till Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of AON shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Till Capital has a beta of -0.48, indicating that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AON has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Till Capital and AON”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Till Capital	N/A	N/A	-$2.10 million	($0.55)	-3.31
AON	$15.70 billion	4.95	$2.65 billion	$11.94	30.21

AON has higher revenue and earnings than Till Capital. Till Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Till Capital and AON’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Till Capital	N/A	-17.79%	-17.59%
AON	15.54%	50.91%	7.00%

Summary

AON beats Till Capital on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Till Capital

Till Capital Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mineral exploration activities in Canada and the United States. The company explores for silver, gold, and other deposits. It owns various mineral royalties and exploration property option agreements. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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.