AXIS Capital Holdings Limited

NYSE:AXS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$7.1b

AXIS Capital Holdings Valuation

Is AXS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AXS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AXS ($86.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($316.28)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AXS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AXS?

Key metric: As AXS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AXS. This is calculated by dividing AXS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AXS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.8x
EarningsUS$615.33m
Market CapUS$7.14b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AXS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AXS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.8x
THG Hanover Insurance Group
16x18.0%US$5.9b
RLI RLI
19.2x-10.9%US$8.0b
SIGI Selective Insurance Group
25.7x40.4%US$5.9b
AGO Assured Guaranty
6.4x-37.5%US$4.7b
AXS AXIS Capital Holdings
11.8x14.6%US$7.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AXS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x) compared to the peer average (16.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AXS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
2xn/aUS$89.45m
AORE.F American Overseas Group
2.1xn/aUS$16.68m
CUII China United Insurance Service
0.0003xn/aUS$3.13k
No more companies available in this PE range
AXS 11.8xIndustry Avg. 13.5xNo. of Companies15PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AXS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (13.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AXS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AXS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.8x
Fair PE Ratio17.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AXS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AXS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$86.56
US$96.57
+11.6%
11.5%US$118.00US$78.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$79.04
US$95.43
+20.7%
11.7%US$118.00US$78.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$79.72
US$85.50
+7.3%
7.2%US$92.00US$74.00n/a6
Sep ’25US$79.88
US$85.50
+7.0%
7.2%US$92.00US$74.00n/a6
Aug ’25US$74.65
US$82.17
+10.1%
11.0%US$90.00US$63.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$70.00
US$76.33
+9.0%
9.5%US$86.00US$63.00n/a6
Jun ’25US$73.88
US$76.33
+3.3%
9.5%US$86.00US$63.00n/a6
May ’25US$61.94
US$74.00
+19.5%
11.0%US$82.00US$57.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$65.01
US$71.50
+10.0%
9.2%US$80.00US$59.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$60.86
US$70.67
+16.1%
9.0%US$80.00US$59.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$57.16
US$67.14
+17.5%
13.7%US$77.00US$52.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$55.37
US$66.00
+19.2%
13.6%US$77.00US$51.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$57.28
US$66.00
+15.2%
13.6%US$77.00US$51.00n/a7
Nov ’24US$57.92
US$64.86
+12.0%
13.7%US$77.00US$51.00US$79.047
Oct ’24US$56.37
US$65.43
+16.1%
13.7%US$77.00US$51.00US$79.727
Sep ’24US$55.82
US$65.33
+17.0%
14.0%US$77.00US$53.00US$79.886
Aug ’24US$55.13
US$65.17
+18.2%
14.1%US$77.00US$54.00US$74.656
Jul ’24US$53.83
US$68.33
+26.9%
10.7%US$77.00US$58.00US$70.006
Jun ’24US$51.68
US$68.17
+31.9%
10.8%US$77.00US$58.00US$73.886
May ’24US$57.00
US$67.83
+19.0%
11.0%US$77.00US$58.00US$61.946
Apr ’24US$54.52
US$67.00
+22.9%
10.6%US$75.00US$56.00US$65.016
Mar ’24US$60.84
US$65.50
+7.7%
14.1%US$75.00US$49.00US$60.866
Feb ’24US$61.54
US$65.50
+6.4%
14.1%US$75.00US$49.00US$57.166
Jan ’24US$54.17
US$60.33
+11.4%
12.0%US$71.00US$49.00US$55.376
Dec ’23US$56.96
US$60.86
+6.8%
11.1%US$71.00US$49.00US$57.287
Nov ’23US$54.12
US$59.86
+10.6%
10.5%US$71.00US$49.00US$57.927

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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