{"id":123282,"date":"2021-04-30T15:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=123282"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:29:16","slug":"stock-alert-aon-gains-4-on-better-than-expected-quarterly-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/bitcoin\/stock-alert-aon-gains-4-on-better-than-expected-quarterly-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Alert: Aon Gains 4% On Better-than-expected Quarterly Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shares of professional services firm Aon plc (AON) are climbing more than 4% Friday morning after reporting better-than-expected first-quarter results.<\/p>\n
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders in the first quarter increased to $913 million, or $4.00 per share, from $772 million, or $3.29 per share, in the prior year period.<\/p>\n
Earnings, on adjusted basis were $4.28 per share beat the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters at $4.05 per share.<\/p>\n
Revenue for the quarter increased 10% to $3.5 billion. The consensus estimate was for $3.35 billion. <\/p>\n
AON, touched a new high of $251.25 this morning, before slipping to trade at $249.73, currently. <\/p>\n