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Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (NYSE: AXS) closed the day trading at $96.79 up 0.84% from the previous closing price of $95.98. In other words, the price has increased by $0.84 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. AXS stock price reached its highest trading level at $97.245 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $95.75.
On January 13, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $93.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Underweight to Equal Weight on December 11, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $78 to $89.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 21 ’25 when SMITH HENRY B sold 3,500 shares for $98.67 per share. The transaction valued at 345,345 led to the insider holds 47,295 shares of the business.
Draper Daniel J sold 4,305 shares of AXS for $420,039 on Aug 20 ’25. The Grp Chief Underwriting Officer now owns 16,269 shares after completing the transaction at $97.57 per share. On Aug 21 ’25, another insider, HENRY BLACKBURN SMITH, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 3,500 shares for $98.67 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AXS now has a Market Capitalization of 7456483328 and an Enterprise Value of 8655060992. As of this moment, Axis’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.00, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.47. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.00. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.28. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.374 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.655.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AXS is 0.65, which has changed by 0.16170418 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13367426 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AXS has reached a high of $107.19, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $78.98. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.49%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.34%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AXS traded about 713.22K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AXS traded about 969980 shares per day. A total of 77.03M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 74.15M. Insiders hold about 3.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.56% stake in the company. Shares short for AXS as of 1760486400 were 973635 with a Short Ratio of 1.37, compared to 1757894400 on 1137196. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 973635 and a Short% of Float of 1.4400001.
Dividends & Splits
AXS’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.76, up from 1.76 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.018337153. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.8.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 7.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $3.36, with high estimates of $3.6 and low estimates of $2.92.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $13.0 and $12.55 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $12.72. EPS for the following year is $13.03, with 10.0 analysts recommending between $13.6 and $12.5.
Revenue Estimates
3 analysts predict $1.45B in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.71B to a low estimate of $1.3B. As of. The current estimate, Axis Capital Holdings Ltd’s year-ago sales were $1.23BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.83B. There is a high estimate of $1.89B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.74B.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for AXS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $6.52B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $6.02B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $6.23B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $5.76BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.77B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $7.19B and the low estimate is $6.43B.
