AXIS Capital (AXS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AXIS Capital in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AXS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AXS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AXIS Capital's shares. Their AXS share price targets range from $51.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $62.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price.
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AXIS Capital's stock was trading at $54.17 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AXS shares have increased by 3.0% and is now trading at $55.78.
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AXIS Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the October 31st total of 877,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 472,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 24th 2024.
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AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The insurance provider reported $2.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.48. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. AXIS Capital had a net margin of 10.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.10%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.03 earnings per share.

AXIS Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 29th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, January 18th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.16%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 28th.
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AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.18%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 22 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 28.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AXS will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF (KBWP), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV) and iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK).Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT).

20 employees have rated AXIS Capital Chief Executive Officer Albert A. Benchimol on Glassdoor.com. Albert A. Benchimol has an approval rating of 74% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AXIS Capital investors own include Intact Financial (IFC), Constellation Software (CSU), AutoCanada (ACQ), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), AbbVie (ABBV), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Vermilion Energy (VET), AT&T (T) and Mastercard (MA).

AXIS Capital's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include American Century Companies Inc. (3.49%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.27%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.25%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.14%), Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. (2.08%) and Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC (1.93%).
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