AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) Expected to Earn Q3 2025 Earnings of $2.69 Per Share

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AXIS Capital in a report issued on Thursday, May 2nd. Roth Capital analyst H. Fong now forecasts that the insurance provider will post earnings of $2.69 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.70. The consensus estimate for AXIS Capital’s current full-year earnings is $10.18 per share.

AXIS Capital (NYSE:AXS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 2nd. The insurance provider reported $2.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.40 by $0.17. AXIS Capital had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 10.34%. The business had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.33 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on AXS. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of AXIS Capital from $59.00 to $57.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on shares of AXIS Capital from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of AXIS Capital from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on AXIS Capital from $77.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AXIS Capital has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $67.33.

AXIS Capital Stock Performance

NYSE AXS opened at $65.45 on Friday. AXIS Capital has a fifty-two week low of $51.61 and a fifty-two week high of $66.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 0.80. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $62.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a current ratio of 0.60.

AXIS Capital Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 18th. Investors of record on Monday, March 4th were issued a $0.44 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.69%. AXIS Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.91%.

Insider Buying and Selling at AXIS Capital

In other news, Director Stanley A. Galanski purchased 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 6th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $58.45 per share, for a total transaction of $409,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 9,763 shares in the company, valued at approximately $570,647.35. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of AXIS Capital

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC purchased a new stake in AXIS Capital during the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of AXIS Capital during the third quarter worth $51,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of AXIS Capital in the fourth quarter valued at $55,000. CWM LLC boosted its holdings in AXIS Capital by 1,787.0% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,302 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $73,000 after purchasing an additional 1,233 shares during the period. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its stake in AXIS Capital by 14.8% during the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,833 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $101,000 after purchasing an additional 237 shares in the last quarter. 93.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

AXIS Capital Company Profile

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides various specialty insurance and reinsurance products in Bermuda, the United States, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance. The Insurance segment offers professional insurance products that cover directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions, employment practices, fiduciary, crime, professional indemnity, medical malpractice, and other financial insurance related coverages for commercial enterprises, financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and other professional service providers; and property insurance products for commercial buildings, residential premises, construction projects, property in transit, onshore renewable energy installations, and physical damage and business interruption following an act of terrorism.