How Aon plc stacks up

AON · against 22 other Financial Services companies of similar size

Profitability

76/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #10 of 23 · scores higher than 59% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

8 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	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 22 reported	15.6%	13.6%	67%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 21 reported	26.5%	29.6%	45%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 25 reported	7.3%	2.3%	75%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 24 reported	43.4%	15.4%	91%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 25 reported	48.4%	70.9%	29%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around AON

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	MSCI Inc.MSCI · US-listed	46.5B USD	95	44
2	Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.BAM · US-listed	81.4B USD	93	54
3	Moody's CorporationMCO · US-listed	87.2B USD	92	49
4	EQT AB (publ)EQT.ST · Europe	391.0B SEK (≈$39.1B)	84	57
5	Apollo Global Management, Inc.APO · US-listed	67.1B USD	82	51
6	S&P Global Inc.SPGI · US-listed	137.4B USD	79	50
7	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited0388.HK · Hong Kong	477.0B HKD (≈$61.1B)	78	60
8	Cboe Global Markets, Inc.C1BO34.SA · Brazil	197.1B BRL (≈$35.5B)	77	60
8	CME Group Inc.CME · US-listed	109.3B USD	77	53
10	Aon plcAON · US-listed	70.0B USD	76	53
11	Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.MRSH · US-listed	97.2B USD	72	44
11	PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL · US-listed	49.8B USD	72	55
13	Nasdaq, Inc.NDAQ · US-listed	59.8B USD	71	46
14	Ares Management CorporationARES · US-listed	42.8B USD	69	39

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

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