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

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

Axis Capital declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 2nd. View Axis Capital's Dividend History.

Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The insurance provider reported ($0.39) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $1.21. The insurance provider had revenue of $856.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $927.73 million. Axis Capital had a return on equity of 2.02% and a net margin of 2.68%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.96 EPS. View Axis Capital's Earnings History.

Axis Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Axis Capital.

6 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Axis Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Axis Capital's share price to reach $69.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.8% 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 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Axis Capital.

News stories about AXS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Axis Capital earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Axis Capital.

Axis Capital saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 600,500 shares, a decline of 37.4% from the September 15th total of 959,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 534,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Axis Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Axis Capital include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Hanover Insurance Group (THG) and Assured Guaranty (AGO).

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's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (1.87%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (1.82%), Boston Partners (1.66%), River Road Asset Management LLC (1.09%), Man Group plc (0.87%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.87%). Company insiders that own Axis Capital stock include Charles A Davis and Conrad D Brooks. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including River Road Asset Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Squarepoint Ops LLC, State Street Corp, Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, Keybank National Association OH, Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Voya Investment Management LLC, Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, First Trust Advisors LP, Man Group plc and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.40.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion and generates $5.09 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $43.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.92 on an earnings per share basis. Axis Capital employs 1,567 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Axis Capital.

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]