Arthur J. Gallagher AJG has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 7.37% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.42%. Currently, Arthur J. Gallagher has a market capitalization of $81.98 billion.

Buying $1000 In AJG: If an investor had bought $1000 of AJG stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $12,711.30 today based on a price of $321.85 for AJG at the time of writing.

Arthur J. Gallagher's Performance Over Last 15 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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