FY2025 Earnings Forecast for AON Issued By Cantor Fitzgerald

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Equities research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 EPS estimates for AON in a research note issued on Wednesday, August 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst R. Tunis anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $16.75 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AON’s current full-year earnings is $17.21 per share. Cantor Fitzgerald also issued estimates for AON’s FY2026 earnings at $18.70 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the company. Citigroup began coverage on AON in a report on Wednesday. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $402.00 target price on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on AON from $414.00 to $409.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $420.00 target price (up previously from $401.00) on shares of AON in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group raised AON from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $400.00 to $426.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of AON from $411.00 to $421.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AON presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $410.69.

AON Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AON opened at $367.19 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.93, a current ratio of 1.52 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The company has a market cap of $79.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.83. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $357.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $370.60. AON has a 1-year low of $323.73 and a 1-year high of $412.97.

AON (NYSE:AON) last announced its earnings results on Friday, July 25th. The financial services provider reported $3.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.40 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $4.16 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.16 billion. AON had a net margin of 15.54% and a return on equity of 50.91%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.93 EPS.

AON Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 1st were given a $0.745 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 1st. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. AON’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.96%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AON

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in AON during the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Saudi Central Bank acquired a new stake in shares of AON during the 1st quarter worth about $31,000. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings 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 buying an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new position in shares of AON during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH acquired a new stake in AON during the second quarter worth approximately $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.