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Aon (AON) Interest Coverage

: 7.16 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Aon's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $888 Mil. Aon's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-124 Mil. Aon's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.16. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Aon's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

AON' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.47   Med: 6.83   Max: 8.6
Current: 7.9


AON's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
64.4% of 323 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.52 vs AON: 7.90

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Aon Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aon's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Aon Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.09 8.37 6.56 8.60 7.90

Aon Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.65 13.12 6.15 5.71 7.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Aon's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Aon Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aon's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aon's Interest Coverage falls into.



Aon Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Aon's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Aon's Interest Expense was $-484 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3,822 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,646 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3822/-484
=7.90

Aon's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Aon's Interest Expense was $-124 Mil. Its Operating Income was $888 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,646 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*888/-124
=7.16

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Aon  (NYSE:AON) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Aon Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Aon (AON) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
James Joyce Street, Metropolitan Building, Dublin 1, IRL, D01 K0Y8
Aon is a leading global provider of insurance and reinsurance brokerage and human resource solutions. Its operations are tilted toward its brokerage operations. Headquartered in London, Aon has about 50,000 employees and operations in over 120 countries around the world.
Executives
Byron Spruell director 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO IL 60601
Eric Andersen officer: CEO, Aon Benfield 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO IL 60601
Sarah G Smith director C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Christa Davies officer: EVP, Global Finance AON CORPORATE LAW DEPT, 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST, 8TH FL, CHICAGO IL 60601
Michael Neller officer: Principal Accounting Officer 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO IL 60601
Mindy F. Simon officer: Chief Operating Officer FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Adriana Karaboutis director C/O BIOGEN IDEC INC., 225 BINNEY ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Darren Zeidel officer: General Counsel 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO IL 60640
Lester B Knight director C/O AON CORP, 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jillian Slyfield officer: Chief Innovation Officer 200 E RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO IL 60601
J Michael Losh director H.B. FULLER COMPANY, P.O. BOX 64683, ST. PAUL MN 55164-0683
James Platt officer: Chief Operating Officer THE LEADENHALL BUILDING, 122 LEADENHALL ST., LONDON X0 EC3V 4AN
John G Bruno officer: Executive Vice President, CIO
Carolyn Y Woo director 801 E. 86TH AVENUE, MERRILLVILLE IN 4641-
Anthony R Goland officer: EVP and CHRO C/O AON LAW DEPARTMENT, 200 EAST RANDOLPH ST, CHICAGO IL 60601

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