Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (NYSE: AXS) is 7.21% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $60.44 and a high of $98.11 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AXS stock was last observed hovering at around $94.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.1%.
Currently trading at $95.01, the stock is 1.03% and 3.66% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.94 million and changing 0.11% at the moment leaves the stock 15.37% off its SMA200. AXS registered 50.50% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 19.63%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $91.6564 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $82.34965.
The stock witnessed a 3.84% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.44%, and is 3.72% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.07% over the week and 2.27% over the month.
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) has around 1876 employees, a market worth around $7.68B and $5.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.70 and Fwd P/E is 7.67. Profit margin for the company is 17.62%. Distance from 52-week low is 57.18% and -3.16% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.91%).
with sales reaching $1.78B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.40% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 11.79% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.22% in year-over-year returns.
528.0 institutions hold shares in Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS), with institutional investors hold 96.19% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 82.98M, and float is at 77.68M with Short Float at 1.88%. Institutions hold 95.63% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 8.66 million shares valued at $611.73 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.2011 of the AXS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STONE POINT CAPITAL LLC with 6.78 million shares valued at $478.85 million to account for 8.0234 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. which holds 4.37 million shares representing 5.1744 and valued at over $308.82 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.824 of the shares totaling 4.08 million with a market value of $287.91 million.
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DAVIS CHARLES A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that DAVIS CHARLES A sold 2,139,037 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’25 at a price of $93.50 per share for a total of $200.0 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2.4 million shares.
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 03 ’25 that DAVIS CHARLES A (Director) sold a total of 2,234,636 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 03 ’25 and was made at $89.50 per share for $200.0 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 4.54 million shares of the AXS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 03 ’24, SMITH HENRY B (Director) disposed off 7,217 shares at an average price of $72.90 for $0.53 million. The insider now directly holds 48,019 shares of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS).
