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Aon (AON) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $778 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)
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Aon's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($952.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($808.00 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($808.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($778.00 Mil).

Aon's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($544.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($690.00 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($690.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($778.00 Mil).


Aon Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aon's Cash And Cash Equivalents 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.

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Aon Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 790.00 884.00 544.00 690.00 778.00

Aon Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents 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 690.00 1,119.00 952.00 808.00 778.00

Aon Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.


Aon  (NYSE:AON) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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Aon (AON) Business Description

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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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