Arthur J. Gallagher

NYSE
AJG
Stock
Yield per half year: +9.48%
Dividend yield: 0.7725%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Arthur J. Gallagher

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • The stock's return over the last year (39.34%) is higher than the sector average (0%).
  • Current debt level 0.8219% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 25.22%.

Disadvantages

  • Price (338.04 $) is higher than fair price (82.41 $)
  • Dividends (0.7725%) are below the sector average (3%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=9.45%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=16.53%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Arthur J. Gallagher Financials Index
7 days 1.9% -1.5% 1.1%
90 days 2.6% -1.8% 9.1%
1 year 39.3% 0% 12.4%

AJG vs Sector: Arthur J. Gallagher has outperformed the "Financials" sector by 39.34% over the past year.

AJG vs Market: Arthur J. Gallagher has outperformed the market by 26.99% 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 0.7565% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 43.54
P/S: 5.51

3.2. Revenue

EPS 6.53
ROE 9.45%
ROA 2.52%
ROIC 8.74%
Ebitda margin 26.81%

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 (338.04 $) is higher than the fair price (82.41 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (338.04 $) is 75.6% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (43.54) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (63.37).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (43.54) is lower than that of the market as a whole (62.2).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (3.16) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (2.69).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (3.16) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.84).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (5.51) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (4.12).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (5.51) is lower than that of the market as a whole (16.02).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.89) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-69.15).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.89) is lower than that of the market as a whole (27.16).

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 (16.53%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (9.45%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (43.08%).

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 (23.27%).

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 (9.29%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (0.8219%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 25.22% to 0.8219%.

Debt Covering: The debt is covered by 36.1% from net profit.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.7725% is below the average for the sector '3%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.7725% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 0.7725% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 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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