Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (NYSE: AJG) is 20.06% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $230.08 and a high of $345.43 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 $337.27 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.52%.
Currently trading at $340.79, the stock is 3.85% and 11.69% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.22 million and changing 1.04% at the moment leaves the stock 18.86% off its SMA200. AJG registered 39.93% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 16.48%.
The stock witnessed a 10.29% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.14%, and is 3.79% 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 2.14% over the week and 1.69% over the month.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG) has around 56000 employees, a market worth around $86.80B and $11.44B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 52.22 and Fwd P/E is 25.43. Profit margin for the company is 12.79%. Distance from 52-week low is 48.12% and -1.34% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.40%).
with sales reaching $3.93B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 15.67% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 23.59% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 22.00% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 254.70M, and float is at 251.91M with Short Float at 1.44%.
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
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Gallagher Patrick Murphy, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. SEC filings show that Gallagher Patrick Murphy sold 2,613 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $332.52 per share for a total of $0.87 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 42945.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’25, Gallagher Patrick Murphy (Officer) Proposed Sale 2,613 shares at an average price of $332.52 for $0.87 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG).
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) that is trading 16.77% up over the past 12 months.Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) lies in the list of competitors of the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co and is 0.99% higher over the same period from AJGMetLife Inc. (MET) is 16.92% up on the 1-year trading charts.
