Arthur J. Gallagher

NYSE
AJG
Stock
Yield per half year: -0.8678%
Dividend yield: 0.7386%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Arthur J. Gallagher

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Current debt level 20.99% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 25.22%.

Disadvantages

  • Price (317.43 $) is higher than fair price (82.41 $)
  • Dividends (0.7386%) are below the sector average (2.95%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (7.45%) is lower than the sector average (16.13%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=9.45%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=16.52%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Arthur J. Gallagher Financials Index
7 days -0.5% -47.1% -0.3%
90 days -3.6% -7.3% 17.4%
1 year 7.5% 16.1% 11.1%

AJG vs Sector: Arthur J. Gallagher has significantly underperformed the "Financials" sector by -8.68% over the past year.

AJG vs Market: Arthur J. Gallagher has underperformed the market marginally by -3.67% over the past year.

Stable price: AJG is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: AJG with weekly volatility of 0.1434% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 43.45
P/S: 5.5

3.2. Revenue

EPS 6.53
ROE 9.45%
ROA 2.52%
ROIC 8.74%
Ebitda margin 27.04%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (317.43 $) is higher than the fair price (82.41 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (317.43 $) is 74% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (43.45) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (63.39).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (43.45) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.84).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (3.15) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (2.7).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (3.15) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.59).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (5.5) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (3.95).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (5.5) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.97).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (19.86) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-120.2).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (19.86) is higher than that of the market as a whole (18.41).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 15.73% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (15.73%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-52.19%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (9.45%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (16.52%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (9.45%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (42.62%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (2.52%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.56%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (2.52%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.26%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (8.74%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (5.17%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (8.74%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.15%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (20.99%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 25.22% to 20.99%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 921.94%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.7386% is below the average for the sector '2.95%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.7386% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 0.7386% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 14 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (35.92%) are at a comfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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