AXIS Capital - AXS Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research 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 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AXS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AXS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for AXIS Capital's stock. Their AXS share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $60.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%.
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AXIS Capital's stock was trading at $54.17 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AXS stock has increased by 16.0% and is now trading at $62.84.
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AXIS Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,040,000 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the December 15th total of 917,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 520,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The insurance provider reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.25. The insurance provider earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.06 billion. AXIS Capital had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.52% and a net margin of 7.47%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 15.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.13 earnings per share.

AXIS Capital declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Wednesday, January 18th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.43.
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AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.98%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 43.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AXS will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.65% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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20 employees have rated AXIS Capital Chief Executive Officer Albert A. Benchimol on Glassdoor.com. Albert A. Benchimol has an approval rating of 74% among the company's employees.

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

AXIS Capital's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.97%), Scout Investments Inc. (1.38%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.95%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.06%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Benchimol, Anne Melissa Dowling, Charles A Davis, Henry B Smith, Michael A Butt and Peter Vogt.
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Shares of AXS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.84.

AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) has a market capitalization of $5.32 billion and generates $5.32 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $618.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,082 workers across the globe.

AXIS Capital's mailing address is 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0, HM 08. The official website for the company is www.axiscapital.com. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (441) 496-2600, via email at investorrelations@axiscapital.com, or via fax at 441-405-2600.