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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 2nd. 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, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 return on equity of 4.56% and a net margin of 2.97%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous 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 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Axis Capital's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Axis Capital's share price to reach $66.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% 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.

Headlines about AXS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Axis Capital earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 increase in short interest during 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 presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Axis Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Axis Capital include Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), 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) and Kemper (KMPR).

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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.69%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.14%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.08%), Signaturefd LLC (0.07%), Legacy Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). 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, Cambiar Investors LLC and CenturyLink Investment Management Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Axis Capital.

AXS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Cerebellum GP LLC, Signaturefd LLC, Coe Capital Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 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 $63.36.

Axis Capital has a market capitalization of $5.32 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]