Axis Capital Stock Forecast, Price & News

Axis Capital's stock was trading at $48.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AXS shares have decreased by 10.8% and is now trading at $42.91.
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4 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 1 buy rating 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 28th. The insurance provider reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.62 earnings per share.
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Axis Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 16th. Investors of record on Friday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 1st.
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4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Axis Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Axis Capital's share price to reach $53.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.7% from the stock's current price.
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Axis Capital saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,530,000 shares, an increase of 62.2% from the August 15th total of 1,560,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 3.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), 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), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Vermilion Energy (VET), AT&T (T) and Mastercard (MA).

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

Axis Capital's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.73%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (8.02%), FMR LLC (3.77%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (2.07%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.83%) and LSV Asset Management (1.71%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Johnson Investment Counsel Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Gillson Capital LP, and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC.
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AXS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, FMR LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, and Paradice Investment Management LLC. 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 $42.91.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $3.62 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]