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How Aon plc stacks up
AON · against 161 other Financial Services companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
76/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #40 of 162 · scores higher than 75% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including AON · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 76?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 26.5% vs peer median 23.5%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 15.6% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 82% of peers. Return on assets: 7.3% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AON, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AON | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 157 reported | 15.6% | 7.1% | 76% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 84 reported | 26.5% | 23.1% | 63% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 183 reported | 7.3% | 2.6% | 80% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 176 reported | 43.4% | 10.4% | 92% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 200 reported | 48.4% | 83.0% | 31% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AON| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 2 | 2.7B USD | 98 | 63 | |
| 2 | 31.1B USD | 98 | 65 | |
| 4 | 4.2B USD | 97 | 55 | |
| 4 | 2.7B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 36 | 218.3B USD | 78 | 50 | |
| 36 | 3.0B USD | 78 | 52 | |
| 38 | 109.3B USD | 77 | 53 | |
| 38 | 350M USD | 77 | ||
| 40 | 70.0B USD | 76 | 53 | |
| 40 | 3.1B USD | 76 | 63 | |
| 40 | 18.9B USD | 76 | 56 | |
| 43 | 5.3B USD | 74 | 52 | |
| 44 | 9.6B USD | 73 | 73 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score