Aon Plc (AON): Today's Featured Financial Loser

Aon plc (AON) pushed the Financial sector lower today making it today's featured Financial loser. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Aon plc fell 54 cents (-1.1%) to $46.60 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.4 million shares of Aon plc exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $46.50-$47.68 after having opened the day at $47.60 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47.14. Other company's within the Financial sector that declined today were: Penson Worldwide (PNSN), down 38.1%, Carver Bancorp (CARV), down 11.7%, SYSWIN (SYSW), down 10.3%, and NTS Realty Holdings (NLP), down 8.4%.

Aon Corporation provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resource consulting and outsourcing services primarily in the United States, the Americas, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Aon plc has a market cap of $14.86 billion and is part of the insurance industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.2, above the average insurance industry P/E ratio of 15.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Aon plc a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Aon plc as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the positive front, Income Opportunity Realty Investors (IOT), up 33.5%, Credit Suisse (DGAZ), up 18.1%, General Finance Corporation (GFN), up 11.3%, and Sun Bancorp (SNBC), up 8.3%, were all gainers within the financial sector with Discover Financial Services (DFS) being today's featured financial sector winner.

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