Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) kicked off on January 24, 2023, at the price of $195.69, up 0.58% from the previous trading day. During the day, the shares moved up to $197.82 and dropped to $193.63 before settling in for the closing price of $195.88. Over the past 52 weeks, AJG has traded in a range of $147.32-$201.51.
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Annual sales at Financial sector company grew by 7.60% over the past five years. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 4.20%. With a float of $208.89 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $210.70 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 39000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +78.40, operating margin of +16.35, and the pretax margin is +12.11.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Insurance Brokers Industry. The insider ownership of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is 0.30%, while institutional ownership is 87.20%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 01, was worth 149,250. In this transaction Director of this company sold 750 shares at a rate of $199.00, taking the stock ownership to the 31,273 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 30, when Company’s Director sold 505 for $198.59, making the entire transaction worth $100,286. This insider now owns 21,613 shares in total.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/29/2022, the organization reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at $1.66) by $0.06. This company achieved a net margin of +11.26 while generating a return on equity of 12.34. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.05 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.20% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.20% during the next five years compared to 14.50% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s (AJG) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.10. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.81. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.32.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.08, a number that is poised to hit 1.50 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.75 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG)
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) saw its 5-day average volume 0.64 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.62 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 65.87%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.59.
During the past 100 days, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s (AJG) raw stochastic average was set at 86.60%, which indicates a significant decrease from 88.79% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.28% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 25.45% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $192.47, while its 200-day Moving Average is $178.11. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $198.68 in the near term. At $200.34, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $202.87. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $194.49, it is likely to go to the next support level at $191.96. The third support level lies at $190.30 if the price breaches the second support level.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 40.89 billion has total of 210,840K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 8,209 M in contrast with the sum of 906,800 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 2,044 M and last quarter income was 255,800 K.