AXIS Capital (AXS)
Financials · Property & Casualty Insurance / Reinsurance · NYSE
AXIS Capital is a specialty underwriter providing global insurance and reinsurance protection against complex and emerging risks.
What AXIS Capital does
AXIS Capital is a global provider of specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions. The company operates through its subsidiaries to provide underwriting services across a diverse range of risk categories, including property, liability, professional lines, and marine/energy, while also managing program business.
Themes: specialty insurance, reinsurance, commercial lines underwriting, risk management, program business
Fundamentals
- Price$98.73 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$7.3B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-0.2% 2025-08-21 close $98.96 → 2026-08-21 close $98.73
- P/E6.58 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+16.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+17.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.20 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+9.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+8.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.47 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +3.2%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How AXS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 10% 525 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 538 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 534 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 25% 575 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 347 covered Financials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 453 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
AXS is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
63.5 #110 of 987 scored · #66 of 191 in Financials
Valuation 92nd (price to earnings 6.8, price to book 1.1) and financial health 87th (free cash flow margin 35.2%, debt to equity 0.2); weakest is long-term trend (25th, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control).
Short-term score
28.8 #1656 of 1,704 scored · #271 of 277 in Financials
Setup 42nd: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced well over two thirds of its move over the past year — 66% of it; catalysts 36th: the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; weakest is trend 18th: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, AXS's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 14%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout14% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable operating cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How AXIS Capital looks technically
AXIS Capital (AXS) is trading 4.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 36 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 37, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 35, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 3 trading days ago. It is 17.7% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 4.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -4.0% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $107.04 | $107.04 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $102.85 | $102.85 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 36 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 36 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 37, with sellers in control | 37.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 35, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 34.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($97.09 to $105.36) — its "stochastic" reading is 20 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 19.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 18 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $119.99 | $119.99 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 17.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -17.7% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 12.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +12.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 17.7% below its highest point of the past year | 17.7% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 19 trading days ago | 19 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $119.99 (set on 2026-07-28) | $119.99 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($88.25 to $119.27), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 66% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $99.11 to $100.10. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 66.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 17.7% below its all-time high | -17.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.8% above a support level at $97.95 — a price it turned at 16 times since 2025-03-03, most recently on 2026-07-29. Since 2024-08-21 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $17.27 (set on 2008-11-24) | $17.27 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 471.9% above its all-time low | +471.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 91% of the past ~6 months) | 91st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.57 between its high and its low — about 2.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.57 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $92.87 and $114.54 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $92.87 – $103.71 – $114.54 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.6 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (4.0% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.6 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.76× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.5% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 17.9% below the previous close 17 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 119.27 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -17.9% |
| Gap filled | a 2.0% gap up opened on 2026-06-02 has been "filled" 53 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 53 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +0.18% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 16.1 percentage points (the stock lost 13.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | -16.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 5.1 percentage points (the stock lost 2.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | -5.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 17.0 percentage points (the stock lost 6.0% while the market gained 11.1%) | -17.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 20.7 percentage points (the stock lost 0.2% while the market gained 20.5%) | -20.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 5.9% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.0% of the share price. | -5.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 4% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $103.35 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $103.85 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 19 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.9% |
Price levels it has turned at before
AXS last closed at $98.73 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $97.95 | Support | 0.8% below the last close | turned there 16 times · 2025-03-03 to 2026-07-29 |
| $100.28 | Resistance | 1.6% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-03-28 to 2026-02-25 |
| $103.03 | Resistance | 4.3% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-05-20 to 2026-05-19 |
| $94.28 | Support | 4.5% below the last close | turned there 9 times · 2024-12-05 to 2026-06-01 |
| $91.33 | Support | 7.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-01-17 to 2025-08-01 |
| $107.87 | Resistance | 9.3% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-06-06 to 2026-07-15 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Broke down to a new 20-day low · lagging the market · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Near the golden pocket (has given back about two thirds of its 52-week move) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.83 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 11 analysts
- Mean price target$124.18 range $108.00 – $131.00; median $126.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for AXS
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.85 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Cyclicality of insurance and reinsurance pricing and underwriting capacity","Frequency and severity of natural and man-made disasters leading to significant claims losses","Reliance on industry models and the potential for reserve inadequacy"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of AXS's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2025-10-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Reorganization expenses of $23 million primarily related to costs attributable to streamlining reinsurance operations and costs attributable to transitions in executive leadership (2026 filing)
- Fees related to arrangements with strategic capital partners of $23 million, including $18 million recognized as a reimbursement of general and administrative expenses (2026 filing)
- Net investment losses of $27 million (2026 filing)
- Effective tax rate of 18.0% disclosed (2026 filing)
- Share repurchase details breaking down $82 million into $60 million from Board-authorized programs and $23 million from employees for withholding tax liabilities (2026 filing)
- Strategy execution bullet point about 'cycle-managing our portfolio towards attractive lines of business, that carry premium adequate returns' (2026 filing)
- Strategy execution bullet point about 'leveraging our global platform to introduce our products and services to new regions' (2026 filing)
- Strategy execution mention of 'investing in data and technology, together with AI capabilities and tools, to empower our teammates' (2026 filing)
- Removed:
- References to 'three and nine months ended' period (2025 filing had this, 2026 has only 'three months ended')
- Income tax expense dollar amount and effective tax rate explicitly stated as $70 million (2025 filing)
- Net investment gains of $31 million (2025 filing)
- Foreign exchange gains of $13 million (2025 filing)
- Strategy execution reference to 're-balancing our portfolio towards less volatile lines of business' (2025 filing)
- Strategy execution reference to 'investing in data and technology as well as AI capabilities and tools to empower our underwriters' (2025 filing)
- Strategy execution bullet about 'growing our sustainability program to support our communities and to make a positive impact' (2025 filing)
- Detailed outlook discussion about trade and geopolitical environment and rate increases outpacing loss cost trends (2025 filing, truncated in older version)
- Reworded:
- Business strategy execution period changed from 'first nine months of 2025' to 'first three months of 2026'
- Culture description changed from 'ethical, entrepreneurial, disciplined and diverse culture' to 'ethical, entrepreneurial, disciplined and inclusive culture'
- Strategy execution changed from 'growing in a number of attractive specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance markets' to 'growing in a number of targeted specialty lines insurance and reinsurance markets'
- Strategy execution changed from 're-balancing our portfolio towards less volatile lines of business, that carry attractive returns' to 'cycle-managing our portfolio towards attractive lines of business, that carry premium adequate returns'
- Technology investment strategy changed from 'investing in data and technology as well as AI capabilities' to 'investing in data and technology, together with AI capabilities'
- Technology empowerment changed from 'to empower our underwriters' to 'to empower our teammates'
- Outlook changed from detailed discussion of trade/geopolitical environment to brief statement about 'executing with clarity and conviction'
- Notes:
- Older filing text is truncated at the end of Outlook section, preventing full comparison of outlook narratives
- Financial highlights are from different quarters (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025), so metric comparisons reflect different reporting periods and are not directly comparable
- Page numbers differ between filings (44-45 in 2026 vs 48-49 in 2025)
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Taxation Risk section header changed to include the word 'Taxation Risk' (filed 2026-04-29)
- Added 'continue' to the list of forward-looking terminology examples (filed 2026-04-29)
- Added reference to 'failure to keep the pace or manage technology developments, including artificial intelligence' as a specific Strategic Risk (filed 2026-04-29)
- Added 'Taxation Risk' as a standalone risk category with 'changes in tax laws' (filed 2026-04-29)
- Removed:
- Removed 'continue' from forward-looking terminology list and replaced with updated list (filed 2025-10-29 had different wording)
- Removed 'Risks Related to Taxation' header, replaced with 'Taxation Risk' (filed 2025-10-29)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'natural and man-made catastrophes' to 'natural and man-made disasters' in Insurance Risk description (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed 'social and economic inflation' to 'economic and social inflation' in Insurance Risk description (filed 2026-04-29)
- Reorganized Strategic Risk section to include 'failure to keep the pace or manage technology developments, including artificial intelligence' as first item before 'general economic, capital, and credit market conditions' (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed section header from 'Risks Related to Taxation' to 'Taxation Risk' (filed 2026-04-29)
- Changed 'change in tax laws' to 'changes in tax laws' under Taxation Risk (filed 2026-04-29)
- Notes:
- The texts provided appear to be table of contents and introductory sections rather than the full Item 1A Risk Factors content; detailed risk factor disclosures are referenced but not fully reproduced in the provided excerpts
- Page number references differ (74 vs 81 for Item 1A) suggesting structural differences in document layout rather than content changes
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days0 buys · 1 sell ($250870) — 1 selling insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-07. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about AXS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
AXS had 1,985,661 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
AXS had 2.69% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.32 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,985,661
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.69%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,011,095
- Reported change -1.26%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.32
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Arch Capital Group (ACGL)
- RenaissanceRe (RNR)
- Everest Group (EG)
- Markel Group (MKL)
- WR Berkley (WRB)
- American International Group (AIG)
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Frequently asked questions
What does AXIS Capital (AXS) do?
AXIS Capital is a global provider of specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions. The company operates through its subsidiaries to provide underwriting services across a diverse range of risk categories, including property, liability, professional lines, and marine/energy, while also managing program business.
What sector is AXIS Capital (AXS) in?
AXIS Capital (AXS) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Property & Casualty Insurance / Reinsurance. It trades on NYSE.
Does AXS pay a dividend?
Yes — AXIS Capital (AXS) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 3.16% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are AXIS Capital's (AXS) competitors?
Notable peers of AXIS Capital (AXS) include Arch Capital Group, RenaissanceRe, Everest Group, Markel Group and WR Berkley. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is AXIS Capital (AXS) overbought or oversold right now?
AXIS Capital (AXS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 35, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on AXS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.