Q1 EPS Forecast for Arch Capital Group Boosted by Analyst

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL - Free Report) - Zacks Research increased their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Arch Capital Group in a note issued to investors on Thursday, May 15th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now anticipates that the insurance provider will earn $2.50 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.46. The consensus estimate for Arch Capital Group's current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Arch Capital Group's FY2027 earnings at $10.14 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Arch Capital Group from $125.00 to $110.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. UBS Group cut their price target on Arch Capital Group from $127.00 to $124.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Barclays cut their price target on Arch Capital Group from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 11th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price target on Arch Capital Group from $104.00 to $113.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Arch Capital Group from $105.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 11th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $115.00.

Arch Capital Group Stock Up 1.1%

NASDAQ:ACGL opened at $94.59 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.54. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $92.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.46. Arch Capital Group has a one year low of $82.49 and a one year high of $116.47. The company has a market capitalization of $35.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.57.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The insurance provider reported $1.54 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.59 by ($0.05). Arch Capital Group had a return on equity of 17.96% and a net margin of 24.73%. The business had revenue of $4.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.75 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.45 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Activity at Arch Capital Group

In related news, insider Louis T. Petrillo sold 11,600 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.00, for a total value of $1,055,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 140,023 shares of the company's stock, valued at $12,742,093. This represents a 7.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider John M. Pasquesi sold 75,060 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.01, for a total transaction of $7,056,390.60. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 579,218 shares in the company, valued at $54,452,284.18. This represents a 11.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 110,946 shares of company stock valued at $10,392,092. Insiders own 4.20% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Arch Capital Group

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new position in Arch Capital Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $437,291,000. Madison Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Arch Capital Group in the 4th quarter valued at $410,010,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Arch Capital Group during the 1st quarter worth about $399,651,000. First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake in Arch Capital Group by 663.3% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,462,382 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $227,401,000 after buying an additional 2,139,782 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Arch Capital Group by 30.5% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,470,591 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $718,522,000 after buying an additional 1,743,945 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.07% of the company's stock.

Arch Capital Group Company Profile

Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products worldwide. The company's Insurance segment offers primary and excess casualty coverages; loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs; directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices and fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity, and other financial related coverages; medical professional and general liability insurance coverages; and workers' compensation and umbrella liability, as well as commercial automobile and inland marine products.

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