Company Update: Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Aon’s earthquake data enhances World Bank’s new risk reduction tool

[PR Newswire] – LONDON, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has incorporated its latest earthquake data into the new tool, ThinkHazard!. Aon Benfield is the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (AON). The online tool enables development specialists to determine the potential likelihood of eight natural hazards and what actions they should take to make their project resilient, from enhanced evacuation planning to promoting improved building codes. Read more on this. Aon plc (AON) , with a current market cap of $28.07B, opened at $105.74. Today’s price range has been between $105.26 and $106.64 per share with a one year range of $83.83 to $106.78. AON shares are currently priced at 16.16x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 15.31x forward p/e ratio. And for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $1.32 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.25%. According to a consensus of 22 analysts, the earnings estimate of $1.38 per share would be $0.07 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.01 sequential decrease. In looking at the bigger picture, the full-year EPS estimate of $6.57 would be a $0.39 improvement when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $2.85 Billion. If realized, that would be a 1.79% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Raymond James downgraded AON from Mkt Perform to Underperform (Apr 15, 2016). Previously, Piper Jaffray Initiated AON at to Neutral. Given all the information above, we should disclose to readers that the average price target is $109.42, which is 3.48% above than it opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:AON) Similar Articles: Market Update: Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Aon Announces First Quarter 2016 Earnings Release and Conference Call Company Update: Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Aon Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Results Stock Update: Aon plc (NYSE:AON) – Aon Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Earnings Release and Conference Call