AXIS Capital (AXS)
Financials · Specialty insurance and reinsurance
Global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter providing risk transfer solutions across diversified markets with operations spanning Bermuda, North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
What AXIS Capital does
AXIS Capital is a global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter with operations in Bermuda, the United States, Europe, Singapore, and Canada. The company provides a broad range of risk transfer products and services through two global underwriting platforms: AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. It operates in a cyclical market, constructing diversified portfolios of risks while managing capital deployment across insurance and reinsurance segments.
Themes: ["Specialty insurance","Reinsurance","Risk management","Capital deployment","Catastrophe risk"]
Fundamentals
- Price$112.42 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$8.3B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+14.7% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E7.75 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+16.0% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+16.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.21 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+10.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+8.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.51 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.6%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Cyclical nature of insurance and reinsurance business with periods of excess underwriting capacity leading to unfavorable premium rates","Frequency and severity of natural and man-made disasters, emerging claims, and systemic risks affecting reserve adequacy","Technology and cybersecurity challenges, including the need to manage AI implementations and data analytics capabilities at scale"]
Competitors & peers
- Everest Re (RE)
- Arch Capital (ACGL)
- Aspen Insurance (AHL)
- RenaissanceRe (RNR)
- XL Capital (XL)
- Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance (BRK)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.