NYSE:AXS - Axis Capital Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Axis Capital trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AXS."

Axis Capital declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 9th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 5th. View Axis Capital's Dividend History.

Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The insurance provider reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.27. The insurance provider earned $919.94 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $987.27 million. Axis Capital had a net margin of 3.91% and a return on equity of 8.02%. The company's revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($5.35) EPS. View Axis Capital's Earnings History.

Axis Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Axis Capital.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Axis Capital's stock. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Axis Capital's share price to reach $58.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Axis Capital.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Axis Capital in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Axis Capital.

Headlines about AXS stock have trended positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Axis Capital earned a coverage optimism score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to Axis Capital include Ms&Ad Insurance Group (MSADY), Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd Subordinate Voting Shares (FRFHF), Cna Financial (CNA), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), American Financial Group (AFG), Alleghany (Y), Everest Re Group (RE), Kemper (KMPR), RenaissanceRe (RNR) and Hanover Insurance Group (THG).

Axis Capital's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Pzena Investment Management LLC (8.20%), BlackRock Inc. (6.83%), FMR LLC (4.00%), LSV Asset Management (2.44%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.12%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.87%). Company insiders that own Axis Capital stock include Charles A Davis, Conrad D Brooks and Michael A Butt. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and NWQ Investment Management Company LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royal London Asset Management Ltd., American Century Companies Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Paradice Investment Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Martingale Asset Management L P and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Axis Capital.

Shares of AXS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.18.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $4.66 billion and generates $4.59 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $-368,960,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($3.15) on an earnings per share basis. Axis Capital employs 1,647 workers across the globe.

The official website for Axis Capital is http://www.axiscapital.com.

Axis Capital's mailing address is 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0, HM 08. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 441-496-2600 or via email at [email protected]