Axis Capital Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AXS)

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

Axis Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 2nd. 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.34. The insurance provider earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. Axis Capital had a net margin of 2.97% and a return on equity of 4.56%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.27 EPS. View Axis Capital's Earnings History.

Axis Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Axis Capital.

Axis Capital will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Axis Capital's stock. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Axis Capital's stock price to reach $66.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Axis Capital.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Axis Capital in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Axis Capital.

News headlines about AXS stock have been trending negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Axis Capital.

Axis Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 959,700 shares, an increase of 51.0% from the August 30th total of 635,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 495,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Axis Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Axis Capital include Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Ms&Ad Insurance Group (MSADY), 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), Kemper (KMPR) and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI).

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 investors include Cerebellum GP LLC (0.08%), Legacy Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%). 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 Legacy Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC and Cerebellum GP 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 $62.23.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $5.22 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]