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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 2nd. Stockholders 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 2.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 27th. View Axis Capital's Dividend History.

Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $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.

7 brokers have issued 1 year price targets 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 $66.4286 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.7% 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 coverage about AXS stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Axis Capital earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Axis Capital.

Axis Capital saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,141,300 shares, a drop of 8.6% from the July 31st total of 1,248,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 487,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Axis Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Axis Capital include Ms&Ad Insurance Group (MSADY), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel (MKL), Loews (L), Cna Financial (CNA), W. R. Berkley (WRB), 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.82%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.54%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (5.56%), BlackRock Inc. (4.89%), BlackRock Inc. (4.89%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.22%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Boston Partners, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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 $64.05.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $5.38 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]