AON vs NP vs NU Stock Comparison

Aon, Neptune Insurance Holdings and Nu Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AON Aon plc
$302.08 +8.7% 1M -10.6% 1Y
Market cap
$64.63B
P/E
16.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.58B
Div. yield
0.01%
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
4 wins
NU Nu Holdings Ltd.
$12.59 -7.3% 1M -20.5% 1Y
Market cap
$59.86B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.34B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Aon leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Aon 4, Nu Holdings 3, Neptune Insurance Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAONNPNULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $64.63B $4.04B $59.86B AON
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.5x 90.5x 16.6x AON
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.6x 48.9x — AON
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.9% +33.8% +50.5% NU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.3% 22.7% 18.7% NP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.8% 512.4% 18.1% NP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x — -2.0x NU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -10.6% +7.6% -20.5% NP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.0%/yr — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.2% 60.7% 46.2% AON
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 39/100 42/100 NU

Percentile Scorecard

AONNPNU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAONNPNU
Valuation 11 #106 of 119 3 #115 of 119 10 #327 of 362
Growth 42 #67 of 115 78 #26 of 115 81 #42 of 221
Profitability 85 #18 of 113 99 #2 of 113 35 #131 of 200
Financial Health 5 #108 of 114 10 #103 of 114 72 #57 of 203
Shareholder Returns 54 #50 of 107 4 #103 of 107 11 #305 of 342
Overall 39 39 42
  • AON ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • NP ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • NU ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAONNPNUSPY
1 month +8.7%+3.1%-7.3% -0.8%
3 months -17.7%-8.0%-13.4% +3.5%
6 months -6.7%+7.1%-14.0% +7.0%
Year to date -14.4%-2.7%-24.8% +12.2%
1 year -10.6%+7.6%-20.5% +13.0%
3 years -1.6%—+57.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -0.5%—+16.3% +23.1%
5 years -4.7%—— +68.6%
5 years, per year -1.0%—— +11.0%
10 years +179.2%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.8%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAONNPNUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.2%60.7%46.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.0%56.0%51.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.310.111.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.360.13-0.44 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.2%-43.8%-72.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.7%-19.0%-32.9% -1.8%
52-week high $381.11$35.05$18.76 $779.14
52-week low $269.45$17.14$11.60 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAONNPNU
P/E now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 10.6x 87.1xmedian 10.6x 16.9xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.4x 19.8xmedian 1.4x 3.1xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.0xmedian 7.6x —median 7.6x 11.5xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 8.6x 47.5xmedian 8.6x -44.7xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 1.5x -18.4xmedian 1.5x 4.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.35median 0.52 —median 0.52 0.03median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAONNPNU
Revenue $17.58B $197.00M $19.34B
Gross profit – – $7.97B
Operating income $4.65B $81.30M $4.39B
Net income $3.99B $44.74M $3.61B
Free cash flow $3.25B $82.04M -$1.36B
EPS (diluted) $18.30 $0.31 $0.74
Cash & equivalents $1.06B $17.43M $13.55B
Total debt $14.97B $922.00M $14.55B
Shares (diluted) 213.90M 146.39M 4.91B
Enterprise value $57.85B $3.99B $3.84B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAONNPNU
P/E 16.5x 87.1x 16.9x
P/FCF 19.7x 47.5x -44.7x
P/Operating cash flow 18.1x 47.5x -44.0x
P/S 3.6x 19.8x 3.1x
P/B 6.6x -18.4x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 15.9x -18.4x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 14.0x – 11.5x
EV/EBIT 16.7x 50.4x 11.8x
EV/Revenue 4.4x 20.8x 2.7x
EV/FCF 23.9x 49.9x -38.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.0x 49.9x -37.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.35 – 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAONNPNU
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.9% 33.8% 50.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.9% – 45.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 42.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 48.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.4% 7.0% 38.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.9% – 132.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 49.7% 0.1% 56.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.4% – 260.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 52.8% 197.9% 56.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.2% – 603.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 12.1% 53.1% -135.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.1% – -39.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.5% 53.1% -134.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.3% – -38.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAONNPNU
Gross margin – – 41.2%
EBITDA margin 31.6% – 23.4%
Operating margin 26.5% 41.3% 22.7%
Pretax margin 28.9% 34.1% 22.7%
Net margin 22.3% 22.7% 18.7%
FCF margin 18.5% 41.6% -7.0%
Operating cash flow margin 20.1% 41.6% -7.1%
Return on equity 40.6% – 24.5%
Return on assets 7.6% 43.4% 4.0%
Return on invested capital 14.8% 512.4% 18.1%
Return on capital employed 18.5% 3,191% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 1.9x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 1.8x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 16.2% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAONNPNU
Debt / assets 28.1% 206.9% 5.7%
Debt / equity 1.5x -1.0x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x – -2.0x
Debt / FCF 4.6x 2.6x -3.4x
Liabilities / assets 81.8% 303.6% 84.0%
Equity / assets 18.2% -203.6% 16.0%
Interest coverage 6.2x 5.4x 1.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 0.9x –
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.3x –
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 1.52 5.39 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAONNPNU
Dividend yield 1.0% – –
Net buyback yield 2.4% 0.0% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 16.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 20.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.5% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 11.5% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAONNPNU
Forward P/E 16.6xFY2026 48.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $18.15FY2026 $0.58FY2026 $-2.06FY2023
EPS growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026 +41.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +8.1% +25.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $19.12BFY2026 $195.39MFY2026 $42.10BFY2029
Revenue growth, next FY +11.3%FY2026 +22.5%FY2026 +3,295.3%FY2029
Revenue growth, the year after +8.7% +18.6% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAONNPNU
Held by institutions 90.5% 48.8% 59.8%
Institutions holding 1,254 136 854
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.1% +3.3% +0.3%
Institutions buying 603 105 442
Institutions selling 448 24 305
Buyers to sellers 1.35 4.38 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AONNPNU
AON 1.00 0.29 0.05
NP 0.29 1.00 0.09
NU 0.05 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AON, NP and NU?

Aon (AON) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aon (AON) $64.63B, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) $4.04B, Nu Holdings (NU) $59.86B.

Which stock is cheaper, AON, NP and NU?

Aon (AON) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aon (AON) 16.5x, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 90.5x, Nu Holdings (NU) 16.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aon (AON) is cheapest (Aon (AON) 16.6x, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 48.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nu Holdings (NU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aon (AON) +4.9%, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) +33.8%, Nu Holdings (NU) +50.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) has the highest net margin (Aon (AON) 22.3%, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 22.7%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.7%). On return on invested capital, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) leads (Aon (AON) 14.8%, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 512.4%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) returned the most: Aon (AON) -10.6%, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) +7.6%, Nu Holdings (NU) -20.5%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Aon (AON) 0.01%, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 0.00%, Nu Holdings (NU) 0.00%. Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) and Nu Holdings (NU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aon (AON) has been the steadiest (Aon (AON) 29.2%, Neptune Insurance Holdings (NP) 60.7%, Nu Holdings (NU) 46.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AON, NP and NU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Aon (AON) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.