Aon Plc (AON): Today's Featured Insurance Winner
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) pushed the Insurance industry higher today making it today's featured insurance winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Aon plc rose $0.67 (1.0%) to $67.55 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,244,733 shares of Aon plc exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,498,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $66.41-$67.59 after having opened the day at $66.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $66.88. Other companies within the Insurance industry that increased today were:
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), up 6.2%,
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), up 5.7%,
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), up 5.6% and
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), up 3.9%.
Aon plc provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resource consulting and outsourcing services worldwide. Aon plc has a market cap of $20.7 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 20.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Aon plc a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Aon plc
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, increase in net income, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
- You can view the full Aon plc Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 4.9%,
American Independence Corporation
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), down 3.6%,
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), down 2.2% and
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), down 1.7%.
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