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$96.91 +0.98 (+1.02%)
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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

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

In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 10 more articles in the media than Axis Capital. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 9 mentions for Axis Capital. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Axis Capital's score of 1.08 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arch Capital Group
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Axis Capital
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Axis Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Axis Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Arch Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of $113.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.80%. Axis Capital has a consensus price target of $108.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.70%. Given Arch Capital Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than Axis Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Axis Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 20.72% compared to Axis Capital's net margin of 14.54%. Axis Capital's return on equity of 19.01% beat Arch Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arch Capital Group20.72% 15.79% 4.54%
Axis Capital 14.54%19.01%3.14%

Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axis Capital has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arch Capital Group$17.64B1.89$4.31B$9.769.11
Axis Capital$5.96B1.28$1.08B$10.089.61

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats Axis Capital on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$7.55B$56.82B$12.28B$21.11B
Dividend Yield1.83%2.01%5.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio9.6117.0219.0328.44
Price / Sales1.282.6826.0958.68
Price / Cash8.0328.8121.6322.92
Price / Book1.462.972.204.69
Net Income$1.08B$4.66B$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.18%0.71%0.60%1.65%
1 Month Performance-5.73%-0.40%3.44%4.54%
1 Year Performance31.53%20.93%536.57%9.99%

Axis Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXS
Axis Capital
4.3075 of 5 stars
$96.91
+1.0%
$108.25
+11.7%
+35.9%$7.55B$5.96B9.611,876News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9481 of 5 stars
$90.59
+3.1%
$113.60
+25.4%
-5.9%$33.95B$17.44B9.287,200News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
PLMR
Palomar
3.9666 of 5 stars
$141.17
+4.6%
$174.17
+23.4%
+49.4%$3.77B$553.86M28.18150Positive News
Insider Trade
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.6832 of 5 stars
$87.80
+1.8%
$94.00
+7.1%
-12.6%$5.34B$4.86B23.922,840Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AFG
American Financial Group
4.6794 of 5 stars
$128.34
+1.6%
$140.00
+9.1%
+1.2%$10.74B$8.24B13.488,700Positive News
CNA
CNA Financial
3.9865 of 5 stars
$44.10
+0.3%
$50.50
+14.5%
-7.0%$11.93B$14.18B13.446,500News Coverage
Positive News
HCI
HCI Group
4.5758 of 5 stars
$141.49
+1.8%
$181.25
+28.1%
+53.6%$1.63B$750.05M13.68530
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.1888 of 5 stars
$490.16
+2.2%
$491.88
+0.4%
+26.4%$11.43B$1.59B28.20470Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
MCY
Mercury General
3.6344 of 5 stars
$68.41
+3.6%
$80.00
+16.9%
+23.0%$3.79B$5.48B13.264,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PGR
Progressive
4.7448 of 5 stars
$247.46
+1.0%
$284.82
+15.1%
+17.6%$145.06B$75.37B16.6966,308Analyst Revision
PRA
ProAssurance
1.7405 of 5 stars
$23.81
0.0%
$21.00
-11.8%
+105.7%$1.22B$1.11B29.041,036Positive News

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