GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO AJG
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 363576109 · ISIN US3635761097
Insurance brokerage and risk management services company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($81.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 215.5m as of 2023-06-30, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $218.99. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($67.5m notional), 17 hold puts ($72.8m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 865 |
| Q4 2022 | 920 |
| Q1 2023 | 950 |
| Q2 2023 | 977 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 400 | 361 |
| Q1 2023 | 489 | 372 |
| Q2 2023 | 425 | 433 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $47.8m | $25.8m | 0.54 |
| Q4 2022 | $51.2m | $25.7m | 0.50 |
| Q1 2023 | $60.1m | $60.5m | 1.01 |
| Q2 2023 | $67.5m | $72.8m | 1.08 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +3.2m |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | Added | +1.1m |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | New | +822.5k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +476.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +268.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +266.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +262.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +241.9k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC | Added | +227.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +185.4k |
Biggest sellers
| OFI INVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT | Reduced | -50.6m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -9.9m |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -1.6m |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -1.0m |
| STRS OHIO | Reduced | -498.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -421.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -373.5k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | Reduced | -362.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -279.3k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO | Reduced | -236.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $20.1m91.6k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $9.9m45.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $8.1m37.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $7.6m34.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $6.7m30.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.6m21.5k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $2.9m13.4k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $2.5m11.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $1.8m8.4k shares |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | $1.2m5.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $36.7m167.1k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $9.6m43.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $7.3m33.2k shares |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP | Unchanged | $4.4m20.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.6m16.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.3m10.5k shares |
| IAMS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | $2.1m9.8k shares |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | $1.7m7.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.3m5.9k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $988.1k4.5k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.5% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution filed 2026-08-06 | 7.2% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-16 | 6.9% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 13G · institution -2.3 pts · filed 2026-07-27 | 5.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital World Investors (5.0%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.6m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $20.4m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $5.2m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $6.8m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 6 | $10.4m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $5.3m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $21.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-16 | JOHNSON DAVID S Director | Sold | $216.4k1.0k shares |
| 2023-06-08 | Cavaness Joel D Vice President · By Spouse | Sold | $561.6k2.8k shares |
| 2023-05-10 | CARY RICHARD C Controller, CAO | Sold | $697.3k3.2k shares |
| 2023-05-08 | BARRAT SHERRY S Director | Sold | $500.9k2.3k shares |
| 2023-05-04 | Cavaness Joel D Vice President | Sold | $7.0m33.3k shares |
| 2023-05-03 | Pietrucha Susan E Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | $12.1m57.4k shares |
| 2023-05-03 | McCurdy Kay W Director | Sold | $317.7k1.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 25.5m $5.6bn | Added +137.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 16.5m $3.6bn | Reduced -179.8k |
| Capital International Investors 0.50% of their portfolio | 9.5m $2.1bn | Added +7.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.10% of their portfolio | 8.9m $2.0bn | Added +262.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 8.9m $2.0bn | Reduced -9.9m |
| NORGES BANK 0.32% of their portfolio | 7.3m $1.6bn | Reduced -1.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.13% of their portfolio | 6.2m $1.4bn | Added +3.2m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.41% of their portfolio | 5.7m $1.3bn | Added +268.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.12% of their portfolio | 4.9m $1.1bn | Added +185.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 4.8m $1.0bn | Added +155.7k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.55% of their portfolio | 2.9m $645.9m | Reduced -1.6m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.7m $602.9m | Added +86.0k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.68% of their portfolio | 2.6m $560.8m | Reduced -16.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.14% of their portfolio | 2.5m $545.3m | Added +266.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.64% of their portfolio | 2.2m $478.3m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Capital World Investors 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.1m $468.9m | Added +8.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.0m $435.7m | Reduced -106.8k |
| FIL Ltd 0.48% of their portfolio | 1.9m $427.9m | Added +121.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.9m $400.0m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.8m $386.2m | Reduced -15.7k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 3.07% of their portfolio | 1.7m $381.0m | Reduced -236.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $305.3m | Added +21.6k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.60% of their portfolio | 1.3m $286.0m | Added +1.1m |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.3m $285.5m | Reduced -27.8k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 2.62% of their portfolio | 1.2m $255.6m | Reduced -362.7k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 2.96% of their portfolio | 1.1m $252.0m | Added +31.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $218.5m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.0m $228.6m | Added +47.6k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.0m $227.6m | Added +129.3k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.0m $225.1m | Reduced -71.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.0m $223.5m | Reduced -10.8k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 1.09% of their portfolio | 946.3k $207.8m | Reduced -107.5k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 918.9k $201.8m | Added +7.4k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.29% of their portfolio | 825.4k $181.2m | Added +167.3k |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP 0.74% of their portfolio | 822.5k $180.6m | New |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.39% of their portfolio | 813.4k $178.6m | Added +111.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.12% of their portfolio | 773.1k $169.7m | Reduced -63.7k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 2.48% of their portfolio | 759.7k $166.8m | Added +57.4k |
| Guinness Asset Management LTD 3.82% of their portfolio | 750.7k $164.8m | Added +60.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 710.2k $155.9m | Added +7.9k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.24% of their portfolio | 696.6k $153.0m | Added +9.4k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 3.99% of their portfolio | 694.7k $152.5m | Added +1.7k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.29% of their portfolio | 685.7k $150.6m | Added +227.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 670.9k $147.3m | Reduced -279.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.30% of their portfolio | 664.8k $146.0m | Added +476.3k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.88% of their portfolio | 649.0k $142.5m | Added +1.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 624.1k $137.0m | Added +10.0k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.30% of their portfolio | 582.0k $127.8m | Reduced -125.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 568.1k $124.7m | Added +19.1k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.14% of their portfolio | 563.0k $123.6m | Added +23.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 539.2k $118.4m | Reduced -36.9k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 523.2k $114.9m | Reduced -67.8k |
| Amundi 0.06% of their portfolio | 517.7k $111.9m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC 5.49% of their portfolio | 511.7k $112.4m | Reduced -438 |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 1.36% of their portfolio | 493.8k $108.4m | Reduced -21.3k |
| FORT PITT CAPITAL GROUP, LLC 3.93% of their portfolio | 486.4k $106.8m | Reduced -10.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 482.4k $105.9m | Added +241.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.03% of their portfolio | 452.5k $99.4m | Added +19.4k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 2.41% of their portfolio | 440.5k $96.7m | Reduced -20.0k |
| REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 0.82% of their portfolio | 432.2k $94.9m | Reduced -11.5k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.57% of their portfolio | 411.8k $90.4m | Reduced -97.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.10% of their portfolio | 409.5k $89.9m | Added +10.1k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.05% of their portfolio | 409.4k $89.9m | Reduced -51.7k |
| Bain Capital Public Equity Management II, LLC 5.10% of their portfolio | 403.5k $88.6m | Reduced -73.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.09% of their portfolio | 401.7k $88.2m | Reduced -145.7k |
| National Pension Service 0.13% of their portfolio | 379.3k $81.4m | Added +24.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.04% of their portfolio | 377.0k $82.8m | Added +55.0k |
| TrinityBridge Ltd 3.88% of their portfolio | 376.4k $82.6m | Added +3.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.06% of their portfolio | 358.9k $78.8m | Reduced -5.7k |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.70% of their portfolio | 358.6k $78.7m | Reduced -134.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.11% of their portfolio | 348.2k $76.5m | Reduced -1.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.04% of their portfolio | 340.2k $74.7m | Reduced -176.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.09% of their portfolio | 334.1k $73.4m | Reduced -19.0k |
| OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP 2.41% of their portfolio | 334.1k $73.4m | Unchanged |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 332.4k $73.0m | Added +61.1k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 1.42% of their portfolio | 327.9k $72.0m | Reduced -8.9k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 322.2k $70.7m | Added +157.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 302.4k $66.4m | Added +13.4k |
| Welch & Forbes LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 296.7k $65.1m | Reduced -2.6k |
| MOUNTAIN PACIFIC INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC 4.10% of their portfolio | 279.9k $61.5m | Reduced -6.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 277.3k $60.9m | Added +6.8k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.05% of their portfolio | 276.7k $60.7m | Added +170.4k |
| WOODLEY FARRA MANION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INC 3.87% of their portfolio | 273.5k $60.0m | Added +3.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 273.4k $60.0m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Welch Group, LLC 3.39% of their portfolio | 269.7k $59.2m | Reduced -5.7k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.20% of their portfolio | 258.3k $56.7m | Reduced -125.7k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 0.66% of their portfolio | 256.5k $56.3m | Added +1.0k |
| OFI INVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT 2.24% of their portfolio | 256.4k $56.3m | Reduced -50.6m |
| DEARBORN PARTNERS LLC 2.14% of their portfolio | 254.5k $55.9m | Reduced -737 |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.10% of their portfolio | 252.2k $50.8m | Reduced -19.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 251.7k $55.3m | Added +2.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 250.5k $55.0m | Added +53.2k |
| STRS OHIO 0.22% of their portfolio | 236.9k $52.0m | Reduced -498.1k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 233.1k $6 | First filing |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 227.4k $49.9m | Added +24.0k |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas 0.67% of their portfolio | 223.0k $49.0m | Unchanged |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.21% of their portfolio | 215.8k $47.4m | Reduced -14.0k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 211.7k $46.5m | Reduced -42.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.11% of their portfolio | 209.4k $46.2m | Added +1.6k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.50% of their portfolio | 206.0k $45.2m | Reduced -1.8k |