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Company snapshot — Arthur J Gallagher & Co

AJG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Arthur J Gallagher provides insurance and reinsurance broking, consulting and claims-handling services worldwide through two segments. Its Brokerage arm places retail and wholesale cover, manages underwriting and reinsurance placement, and distributes specialised insurance through agents and wholesalers. Its Risk Management arm handles claims settlement and administration, loss-control consulting and property appraisal for clients managing their own risk. It serves commercial, industrial, public and non-profit organisations through a network of brokers and consultants. It is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, and was founded in 1927.
Where it sits in the stack
Arthur J Gallagher carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index. It sits in our Financial Services universe, within the Insurance Brokers group, alongside firms that place cover and manage risk rather than build or supply technology infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Arthur J Gallagher is not set out in the diary; the comparison the market draws is with Marsh McLennan, the larger insurance and reinsurance broker with similar reach.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelook score, and the diary has quoted it only once so far, without a set peer group or index seat beyond the S&P 500.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether analyst price targets for the shares keep drifting down, which would point to a change in how the market reads growth across its brokerage and risk-management segments.

Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AJG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Mizuho, 2026-09-16

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AJG from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Mizuho — target 292 from 300 Target cut to $292 from $300 (+17.7% to spot) 2026-09-16

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Insurance Brokers · United States · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance Brokers · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AJG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.15%, quarterly · last 0.73 USD on 2026-09-08

Dividends and capital return

What AJG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.78 USD per share · a 1.15% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +9.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.55 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.73 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-08
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.55 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.40 USD · 2025: 2.60 USD · 2026: 2.13 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG)?

Arthur J Gallagher & Co trades as AJG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is AJG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Arthur J Gallagher & Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does AJG trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5% vs the 50-day and +3.6% vs the 200-day average, 22.3% below the 52-week high and +27% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 30 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Arthur J Gallagher & Co do?

Arthur J Gallagher provides insurance and reinsurance broking, consulting and claims-handling services worldwide through two segments. Its Brokerage arm places retail and wholesale cover, manages underwriting and reinsurance placement, and distributes specialised insurance through agents and wholesalers. Its Risk Management arm handles claims settlement and administration, loss-control consulting and property appraisal for clients managing their own risk. Closelook's peer group for Arthur J Gallagher is not set out in the diary; the comparison the market draws is with Marsh McLennan, the larger insurance and reinsurance broker with similar reach.

Where does Arthur J Gallagher & Co sit in the AI build-out?

Arthur J Gallagher carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index. It sits in our Financial Services universe, within the Insurance Brokers group, alongside firms that place cover and manage risk rather than build or supply technology infrastructure. It is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelook score, and the diary has quoted it only once so far, without a set peer group or index seat beyond the S&P 500.

Does Arthur J Gallagher & Co pay a dividend?

Arthur J Gallagher & Co has paid 2.78 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.15% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.73 USD on 2026-09-08. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Arthur J Gallagher & Co recently?

The most recent analyst action on Arthur J Gallagher & Co on the Closelook wire is a price target by Mizuho on 2026-09-16 (target 292 from 300). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Arthur J Gallagher & Co?

Arthur J Gallagher & Co appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Dossier: Agentic Application Software: The SaaSpocalypse Map (2026-02-27). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AJG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Dossier, “Agentic Application Software: The SaaSpocalypse Map” (2026-02-27)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where AJG appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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