Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (NYSE: AJG) is 13.26% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $230.08 and a high of $328.92 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 $328.56 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -7.06%.
Currently trading at $321.50, the stock is 4.59% and 8.90% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.08 million and changing -2.15% at the moment leaves the stock 14.23% off its SMA200. AJG registered 36.04% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.93%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $295.2322 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $281.4597.
The stock witnessed a 10.79% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.88%, and is -0.26% down 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 1.80% over the week and 1.86% over the month.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG) has around 52000 employees, a market worth around $80.31B and $11.44B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 49.25 and Fwd P/E is 23.85. Profit margin for the company is 12.79%. Distance from 52-week low is 39.73% and -2.26% 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 16.41% this year.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG) Top Institutional Holders
1711.0 institutions hold shares in Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG), with institutional investors hold 95.83% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 250.00M, and float is at 247.03M with Short Float at 1.25%. Institutions hold 94.64% of the Float.
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 5.3589% and valued at over $3.04 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 4.6586 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 Bay Walter D., the company’s General Counsel. SEC filings show that Bay Walter D. sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 13 ’25 at a price of $326.62 per share for a total of $3.27 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 74172.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 12 ’25, JOHNSON DAVID S (Director) disposed off 325 shares at an average price of $322.06 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds 44,783 shares of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG).
