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AXS vs. ACGL, PLMR, SIGI, AFG, CNA, HCI, KNSL, MCY, PGR, and PRA

Should you be buying Axis Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axis Capital include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Palomar (PLMR), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), American Financial Group (AFG), CNA Financial (CNA), HCI Group (HCI), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Mercury General (MCY), Progressive (PGR), and ProAssurance (PRA). These companies are all part of the "ins - prop&caslty" industry.

Axis Capital vs. Its Competitors

Axis Capital (NYSE:AXS) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Axis Capital has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Axis Capital presently has a consensus price target of $111.43, indicating a potential upside of 15.84%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus price target of $112.13, indicating a potential upside of 22.68%. Given Arch Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than Axis Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axis Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59

Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Axis Capital. Axis Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axis Capital$5.96B1.26$1.08B$10.409.25
Arch Capital Group$17.44B1.96$4.31B$9.699.43

93.4% of Axis Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Axis Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 21 more articles in the media than Axis Capital. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 19 mentions for Axis Capital. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Axis Capital's score of 0.58 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axis Capital
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arch Capital Group
24 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to Axis Capital's net margin of 14.30%. Axis Capital's return on equity of 18.77% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axis Capital14.30% 18.77% 3.12%
Arch Capital Group 19.49%15.33%4.33%

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats Axis Capital on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AXS vs. The Competition

MetricAxis CapitalINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.52B$56.90B$12.37B$20.92B
Dividend Yield1.79%1.87%5.54%3.57%
P/E Ratio9.2516.2319.6428.06
Price / Sales1.262.7625.8056.33
Price / Cash8.2128.7621.7623.95
Price / Book1.342.402.285.23
Net Income$1.08B$4.66B$1.00B$994.11M
7 Day Performance-0.25%1.89%1.36%1.90%
1 Month Performance0.23%3.32%2.02%2.16%
1 Year Performance28.48%19.11%541.92%12.90%

Axis Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXS
Axis Capital
4.5871 of 5 stars
$95.92
-1.4%
$111.43
+16.2%
+31.9%$7.51B$5.96B9.241,876Trending News
Analyst Revision
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.7651 of 5 stars
$89.91
+1.2%
$113.07
+25.8%
-9.4%$33.56B$18.56B9.287,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PLMR
Palomar
4.3116 of 5 stars
$121.64
+1.0%
$165.83
+36.3%
+33.5%$3.26B$553.86M21.38150Short Interest ↓
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.7757 of 5 stars
$77.60
-0.7%
$87.33
+12.5%
-9.8%$4.72B$4.86B12.702,840Analyst Revision
AFG
American Financial Group
4.161 of 5 stars
$128.32
-0.8%
$137.50
+7.2%
+4.4%$10.74B$8.28B14.108,700Analyst Forecast
CNA
CNA Financial
3.8165 of 5 stars
$47.38
+0.8%
$50.50
+6.6%
-1.7%$12.82B$14.37B14.766,500
HCI
HCI Group
4.3302 of 5 stars
$153.72
+9.5%
$181.25
+17.9%
+66.7%$1.78B$750.05M13.63530High Trading Volume
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
4.2567 of 5 stars
$436.67
-0.5%
$506.44
+16.0%
-5.4%$10.17B$1.59B22.78470Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MCY
Mercury General
3.285 of 5 stars
$71.56
+1.0%
$90.00
+25.8%
+25.1%$3.96B$5.48B10.164,200
PGR
Progressive
4.6454 of 5 stars
$244.83
-0.7%
$283.94
+16.0%
+7.3%$143.52B$75.37B13.7966,308Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PRA
ProAssurance
2.2816 of 5 stars
$23.95
+0.1%
$21.50
-10.2%
+80.5%$1.23B$1.10B25.471,036Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:AXS) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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