What is Aon plc's return on equity?

Aon plc (AON) reported return on equity of 46.8% in Q1 2026.

What does return on equity mean?

How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.

How do you interpret return on equity?

Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.

How does return on equity compare across companies?

Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.

Aon plc AON Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

Brown & BrownBRO

17.1%+1.8pp

Arthur J. GallagherAJG

7%-2.3pp

Willis Towers WatsonWTW

20.7%—

Ares Management CorporationARES

14.7%+0.6pp

American International GroupAIG

7.7%+5.6pp

W.R. BerkleyWRB

20.1%-0.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.0B+6.5%

Operating income$1.7B+17.4%

Net income$1.2B+25.6%

EPS (diluted)$5.63+27.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.2B+22.2%

Total debt$15.3B-16.5%

Total equity$9.8B+40.4%

Total assets$51.4B+2.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$430.0M+207%

CapEx$67.0M+19.6%

Free cash flow$363.0M+332%

Valuation

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Market cap$69.77B-19.8%

Enterprise value$83.89B-19.6%

P/E17.7×-16.4×

P/S4×-1.3×

Profitability

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Operating margin26.3%+2.9pp

Net margin22.5%+7.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity1.6×-1.1×

Current ratio1.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Aon plc’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=46.8%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Aon plc’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Aon plc's return on equity?: Aon plc (AON) reported return on equity of 46.8% in Q1 2026.
What does return on equity mean?: How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?: Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?: Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.