NYSE:AXSAxis Capital Stock Price, Forecast & News

Axis Capital's stock was trading at $48.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AXS stock has decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $41.50.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Axis Capital in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Axis Capital is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The insurance provider reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.18. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Axis Capital had a negative net margin of 0.41% and a negative return on equity of 1.85%. Axis Capital's revenue for the quarter was down 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.62 EPS.
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Axis Capital declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 29th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 26th.
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6 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Axis Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Axis Capital's stock price to reach $59.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.4% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about AXS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Axis Capital earned a news impact score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.
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Axis Capital saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,690,000 shares, a drop of 24.6% from the June 30th total of 2,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 962,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Axis Capital include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Cna Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI) and Hanover Insurance Group (THG).
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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), Vermilion Energy (VET), Rogers Communications (RCI), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Open Text (OTEX) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl (VRX).

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

Axis Capital's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pzena Investment Management LLC (8.02%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.83%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.30%), Raymond James & Associates (0.64%), Comerica Bank (0.31%) and Cambiar Investors LLC (0.22%). Company insiders that own Axis Capital stock include Albert Benchimol, Anne Melissa Dowling, Charles A Davis, Henry B Smith, Michael A Butt and Peter Vogt.
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AXS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., DC Investments Management LLC, Benedict Financial Advisors Inc., and Whittier Trust Co..
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AXS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Comerica Bank, Cerebellum GP LLC, UBS Group AG, and Cambiar Investors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Axis Capital stock in the last two years include Albert Benchimol, Anne Melissa Dowling, Charles A Davis, Michael A Butt, and Peter Vogt.
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.50.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $3.50 billion and generates $5.17 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $323.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.52 on an earnings per share basis. Axis Capital employs 1,667 workers across the globe.

The official website for Axis Capital is 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]