AXS
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited
AXS's fundamentals are mixed: revenue grew 9.8%, while its operating margin held steady at 17%. At 8.3x earnings, it's trading below its usual 11x. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady.
AXS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
AXS's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like AXS.
AXS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.1x | $106 | -2.2% |
| Current | 8.3x | $108 | — |
| Forward | 8.4x | $108 | — |
| Fair | 11x | $141 | +31% |
| Expensive | 17x | $219 | +102% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AXS's PE is in its cheap range at 8.3x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 8.4x.
AXS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect AXS's revenue to grow, with its earnings and profitability holding steady.
AXS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $12.88 | -1.3% |
| Q3 2026 | $13.05 | +7.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $14.04 | +35% |
| Q1 2026 | $13.38 | +33% |
| Q4 2025 | $12.35 | 0% |
| Q3 2025 | $12.10 | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $10.40 | +43% |
| Q1 2025 | $10.08 | +54% |
| Q4 2024 | $12.35 | +207% |
AXS earned $13.05 per share over the past year, up 7.9% from the year before.
AXS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.8B | +6.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.8B | +7.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.6B | +8% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.7B | +18% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.7B | +3.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.6B | +13% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.5B | +6.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.5B | -0.6% |
AXS's revenue has grown year over year for seven quarters in a row: $1.8B last quarter, up 6.9% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 14% | -7.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 18% | +0.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 19% | +3.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 19% | +0.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 22% | +7.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 16% | -3.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +31 points |
AXS's operating margin was 14% last quarter, down 7.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
AXS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $877.5M | +30% |
| Q2 2026 | $631.5M | +$2.3B |
| Q1 2026 | $519.4M | +68% |
| Q4 2025 | $630.4M | +77% |
| Q3 2025 | $673.8M | +15% |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.7B | -419% |
| Q1 2025 | $309.1M | -20% |
| Q4 2024 | $355.5M | +16% |
AXS's free cash flow was $2.7B over the past year, against −$316M the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like AXS.
AXS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.1% | -830K shares |
| 1 year | -6.7% | -5.2M shares |
| 3 years | -15% | -12.7M shares |
| 5 years | -14% | -12M shares |
| Available history | -13% | -11.1M shares |
AXS has 73M diluted shares, down 6.7% from a year ago, with $546M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $109.5M |
| Q2 2026 | $89.3M |
| Q1 2026 | $59.5M |
| Q4 2025 | $287.8M |
| Q3 2025 | $110M |
| Q2 2025 | $50M |
| Q1 2025 | $440M |
| Q4 2024 | $60.1M |
AXS spent $546M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 17% from the year before.
AXS Net Leverage
AXS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 59.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 68.1 | Neutral |
AXS's weekly RSI is 59 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 68 (neutral).
AXS PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | AXS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 8.3x | 13x | 36% below |
| PE % | 21 | 63 | 42 pts below |
AXS is trading at 8.3x earnings, a 36% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
AXS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $100.9 | 7.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $103.6 | 4.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $102.6 | 5.5% above |
| 100 week MA | $99.3 | 9% above |
| 200 week MA | $81.5 | 33% above |
AXS is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 33% above its 200-week average.
AXS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $59.6 | $50.4 | -16% |
| 2021 | $50.4 | $52.1 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | $52.1 | $54.8 | +5.3% |
| 2023 | $54.8 | $55.4 | +1% |
| 2024 | $55.4 | $89.3 | +61% |
| 2025 | $89.3 | $109.0 | +22% |
| 2026 YTD | $109.0 | $108.2 | -0.7% |
AXS has finished higher in five of the last six years. It's down 0.7% so far in 2026.