NYSE:AXSAxis Capital Stock Price, Forecast & News

Axis Capital's stock was trading at $48.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AXS shares have decreased by 6.9% and is now trading at $44.78.
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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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 28th. The insurance provider reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.18. The insurance provider earned $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.09 billion. Axis Capital had a negative return on equity of 1.85% and a negative net margin of 0.41%. Axis Capital's revenue was down 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $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 paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 26th.
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6 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Axis Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Axis Capital's share price to reach $59.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.9% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about AXS stock has trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 near term.
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Axis Capital saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,690,000 shares, a decline of 24.6% from the July 15th total of 2,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 962,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the company 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), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), 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%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (2.07%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.83%), LSV Asset Management (1.71%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.30%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.77%). 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., Russell Investments Group Ltd., General American Investors Co. Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Trexquant Investment LP, Amalgamated Bank, Beck Mack & Oliver LLC, and Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC.
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AXS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Jennison Associates LLC, Paradice Investment Management LLC, Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, and Comerica Bank. 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 $44.78.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $3.78 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]