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New York-based Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) is a professional services company that provides advice and solutions to clients in the areas of risk, strategy, and people. Valued at a market cap of $103.8 billion, the company operates through Risk and Insurance Services; and Consulting segments. It is expected to announce its fiscal Q4 earnings results on Thursday, Jan. 23.
Ahead of this event, analysts project the insurance company to report a profit of $1.86 per share, up 10.7% from $1.68 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has a solid track record of consistently beating Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in the last four quarters. In Q3, MMC’s adjusted EPS of $1.63 outpaced the consensus estimates by 1.2%.