AON Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AON shares is 1578, representing 88.53% of the company's common stock.

CANTILLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AON by -1.97% restricting it's holding to 1.2 million shares of worth nearly $399.19M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also lessened -4.06% of the AON shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.28 million shares of worth $425.95M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also shunned AON shares holding by -1.99% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.7 million shares worth $567.96M.

As per its latest 13F filing, FIL LTD increased its stake in AON by 20.61% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.24 million shares having worth more than $414.64M. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP also added 0.86% more shares of AON to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.45 million shares of worth $484.70M. LONGVIEW PARTNERS (GUERNSEY) LTD also increased its AON shares holding by 0.61% which brought its holding to 1.72 million shares worth $573.70M.

The insider with the most stakes in AON is Andersen Eric , President at the company. Additionally, AON stock is highly held by Chief Financial Officer Davies Christa and Co-President O'Connor Michael J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 3.03% percent of Aon plc's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which AON insiders have sold stock, totaling 3.28K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SIMON MINDY F., STEVENS LISA, and ZEIDEL DARREN.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Aon plc insiders have bought stock, totalling 725 shares

Around 48.03K Aon plc shares are held by insiders, which represents about 3.03% of AON stock.

AON President, Andersen Eric holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AON shares owned by Andersen total nearly 164.62 thousand.

CANTILLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC is the largest institutional owner in AON which holds 1.2 million shares worth $399.19M or 0.6% of the total AON shares outstanding followed by FIL LTD with ownership of 1.24 million shares representing 0.62% of the AON ownership. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.28 million shares or 0.64% of the ownership worth more than $425.95M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AON is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AON shares short is 4.60M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 216.27M shares of AON are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AON has 209.42M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AON is 5.32.