Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (NYSE: AJG) is 14.36% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $230.08 and a high of $324.79 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AJG stock was last observed hovering at around $322.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.61%.
Currently trading at $324.61, the stock is 6.72% and 10.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.1 million and changing 0.81% at the moment leaves the stock 15.71% off its SMA200. AJG registered 35.91% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 15.27%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $294.446 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $280.1094.
The stock witnessed a 13.58% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.12%, and is 2.63% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.47% over the week and 1.79% over the month.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG) has around 52000 employees, a market worth around $81.09B and $11.44B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 49.73 and Fwd P/E is 24.09. Profit margin for the company is 12.79%. Distance from 52-week low is 41.09% and -0.06% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.40%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 15.95% this year
The shares outstanding are 250.00M, and float is at 247.07M with Short Float at 1.25%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 25.63 million shares valued at $6.65 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7836 of the AJG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 17.23 million shares valued at $4.47 billion to account for 7.9208 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 11.73 million shares representing 5.391 and valued at over $3.04 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 4.6864 of the shares totaling 10.19 million with a market value of $2.64 billion.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by JOHNSON DAVID S, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that JOHNSON DAVID S sold 325 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 12 ’25 at a price of $322.06 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 44783.0 shares.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 10 ’25 that CARY RICHARD C (Controller, CAO) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 10 ’25 and was made at $322.99 per share for $3.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 69774.0 shares of the AJG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 12 ’25, JOHNSON DAVID S (Director) Proposed Sale 325 shares at an average price of $322.06 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG).
