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Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (NYSE: AXS) closed the day trading at $99.64 down -0.06% from the previous closing price of $99.70. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.78 million shares were traded. AXS stock price reached its highest trading level at $100.49 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $98.615.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AXS, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.24 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.24.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on January 13, 2025, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $93.
On December 11, 2024, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Underweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $78 to $89.
On October 04, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $118.TD Cowen initiated its Buy rating on October 04, 2024, with a $118 target price.
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 Mar 05 ’25 when DAVIS CHARLES A sold 2,139,037 shares for $93.50 per share. The transaction valued at 199,999,960 led to the insider holds 2,404,133 shares of the business.
DAVIS CHARLES A sold 2,234,636 shares of AXS for $199,999,922 on Feb 03 ’25. The Director now owns 4,543,170 shares after completing the transaction at $89.50 per share. On Jun 03 ’24, another insider, SMITH HENRY B, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 7,217 shares for $72.90 each. As a result, the insider received 526,119 and left with 48,019 shares of the company.
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 8054419456 and an Enterprise Value of 7720611328. As of this moment, Axis’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.08, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.03. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.49. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.296 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.976.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AXS is 0.70, which has changed by 0.5326873 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AXS has reached a high of $100.78, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $60.44. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.40%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 20.05%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AXS traded about 735.19K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AXS traded about 1037900 shares per day. A total of 82.98M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 77.68M. Insiders hold about 3.84% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.58% stake in the company. Shares short for AXS as of 1741910400 were 1324873 with a Short Ratio of 1.80, compared to 1739491200 on 1475173. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1324873 and a Short% of Float of 2.0399998999999998.
Dividends & Splits
AXS’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.32, up from 1.76 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.017652959The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.09.
