One Wealth Advisors LLC Has $265,000 Stock Position in Aon plc (NYSE:AON)

One Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Aon plc (NYSE:AON) by 13.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 737 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the quarter. One Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in AON were worth $265,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in AON. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in AON in the 3rd quarter valued at about $336,375,000. Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its position in AON by 150.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 96,321 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $33,326,000 after acquiring an additional 57,847 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in AON by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,844,121 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $3,059,977,000 after acquiring an additional 32,417 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in AON by 13.8% in the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 165,741 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $57,345,000 after acquiring an additional 20,084 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retireful LLC acquired a new stake in AON in the 3rd quarter valued at about $759,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.14% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AON has been the topic of several recent research reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their target price on shares of AON from $415.00 to $411.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 10th. TD Cowen raised their target price on shares of AON from $413.00 to $432.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of AON from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Evercore ISI raised shares of AON from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $407.00 to $420.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of AON from $372.00 to $384.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AON currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $380.80.

Insider Activity

In related news, COO Mindy F. Simon sold 650 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $394.34, for a total transaction of $256,321.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 1,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $716,121.44. The trade was a 26.36 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lisa Stevens sold 1,275 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $387.68, for a total transaction of $494,292.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 8,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,131,291.36. The trade was a 13.63 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

AON Stock Performance

Shares of AON stock opened at $375.29 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58, a quick ratio of 2.05 and a current ratio of 1.40. The company has a market capitalization of $81.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.93. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $366.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $354.50. Aon plc has a 52 week low of $268.06 and a 52 week high of $395.33.

AON (NYSE:AON) last announced its earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The financial services provider reported $4.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.25 by $0.17. AON had a net margin of 16.91% and a return on equity of 70.84%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.89 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Aon plc will post 17.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AON Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be issued a $0.675 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $2.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.72%. AON’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.33%.

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.