A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AJG shares is 1,158, representing 87.20% of the company's common stock.

Fidelity Management & Research Co, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AJG by -0.97% restricting it's holding to 9.37 Million shares of worth nearly $1.77 Billion. Baillie Gifford & Co also lessened -21.99% of the AJG shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 5.57 Million shares of worth $1.05 Billion. JPMorgan Investment Management, I also shunned AJG shares holding by -23.11% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.44 Million shares worth $836.86 Million.

As per its latest 13F filing, The Vanguard Group, Inc increased its stake in AJG by 1.06% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 24.94 Million shares having worth more than $4.7 Billion. BlackRock Fund Advisors also added 1.95% more shares of AJG to its portfolio, raising its holding to 11.87 Million shares of worth $2.24 Billion. Capital Research & Management Co also increased its AJG shares holding by 44.33% which brought its holding to 9.79 Million shares worth $1.84 Billion.

The insider with the most stakes in AJG is GALLAGHER J PATRICK JR , a President & CEO at the company. Additionally, AJG stock is highly held by VP & Chief Financial Officer HOWELL DOUGLAS K and Vice President HUDSON SCOTT R among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.3 percent of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 14 transaction(s) in which AJG insiders have sold stock, totaling 90,088 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MCCURDY KAY W, CAVANESS JOEL D, and HUDSON SCOTT R.

There have been no transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which AJG insiders have bought stock N/A.

Around 632.1 Thousands Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.30% of AJG Stock.

AJG President & CEO, GALLAGHER J PATRICK JR holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AJG shares owned by Levinson total nearly 88.2 Thousands.

The Vanguard Group, Inc is the largest institutional owner in AJG which holds 24.94 Million shares worth $4.7 Billion or 11.83% of the total AJG shares outstanding followed by BlackRock Fund Advisors with ownership of 11.87 Million shares representing 5.63% of the AJG ownership. Capital Research & Management Co, Inc is the third largest stakeholder with 9.79 Million shares or 4.64% of the ownership worth more than $1.84 Billion.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AJG is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AJG shares short as of 2022-10-13 was 2.17 Million. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 210.7 Million shares of AJG are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AJG has 207.78 Million shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AJG was N/A as of 2022-10-13.