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 Thursday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 27th. View Axis Capital's Dividend History.

Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.34. The insurance provider had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. Axis Capital had a return on equity of 4.56% and a net margin of 2.97%. Axis Capital's revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.27 earnings per share. View Axis Capital's Earnings History.

Axis Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Axis Capital.

6 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Axis Capital's stock. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Axis Capital's stock price to reach $64.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. 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 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Axis Capital.

News articles about AXS stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Axis Capital earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Axis Capital.

Axis Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,248,700 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the June 30th total of 1,179,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 503,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Axis Capital's Current Options Chain.

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

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), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Rogers Communications (RCI), Open Text (OTEX) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl (VRX).

Axis Capital's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.82%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.54%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (5.56%), BlackRock Inc. (4.89%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.22%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.03%). 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 LSV Asset Management, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Man Group plc, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. View Insider Buying and Selling for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc. and Bogle Investment Management L P DE. 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 $64.88.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $5.45 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]