How Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. stacks up

AJG · against 161 other Financial Services companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

41/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #100 of 162 · scores higher than 39% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

20 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including AJG · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 41?

Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.

Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 1.9% vs peer median 2.6%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 18.3% vs peer median 23.5%
Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.3% vs peer median 6.3%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = AJG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	AJG	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 157 reported	6.3%	7.1%	40%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 84 reported	18.3%	23.1%	42%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 183 reported	1.9%	2.6%	37%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 176 reported	6.7%	10.4%	37%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 200 reported	43.2%	83.0%	27%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around AJG

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Mastercard IncorporatedMA · US-listed	566.9B USD	99	48
2	Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.APAM · US-listed	2.7B USD	98	63
2	Raymond James Financial, Inc.RJF · US-listed	31.1B USD	98	65
4	CorVel CorporationCRVL · US-listed	4.2B USD	97	55
4	Sprott Inc.SII · US-listed	2.7B USD	97	58
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95	Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities TrustOIA · US-listed	275M USD	43
97	Atlanticus Holdings CorporationATLC · US-listed	1.4B USD	42	58
97	Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.CGBD · US-listed	742M USD	42	39
97	Oaktree Specialty Lending CorporationOCSL · US-listed	1.1B USD	42	37
100	Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.AJG · US-listed	70.1B USD	41	45
101	Horizon Technology Finance CorporationHRZN · US-listed	259M USD	38	71
101	Invesco Value Municipal Income TrustIIM · US-listed	528M USD	38
101	Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc.RYAN · US-listed	11.7B USD	38	33
101	Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust IIVKI · US-listed	371M USD	38

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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