The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Axis Capital Holdings Ltd shares valued at $199,999,960 were sold by DAVIS CHARLES A on Mar 05 ’25. At $93.50 per share, DAVIS CHARLES A sold 2,139,037 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 2,404,133 shares worth approximately $241.59 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DAVIS CHARLES A sold 2,234,636 shares, netting a total of over 199,999,922 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $89.50 each, the insider now holds 4,543,170 shares.
As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on January 13, 2025, Axis Capital Holdings Ltd [AXS] has been a Market perform and the price target has been revised to $93. Analysts at Wells Fargo upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of October 04, 2024, TD Cowen has initiated its “Buy” rating for AXS. Earlier on November 13, 2023, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for AXS stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing AXS Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Axis Capital Holdings Ltd [NYSE: AXS] plunged -2.36% to $100.49. The stock’s lowest price that day was $100.24, but it reached a high of $102.435 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.64%. Over the course of the year, Axis Capital Holdings Ltd shares have jumped approximately 41.40%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $107.19 on 06/06/25 and a 52-week low of $83.90 on 01/13/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 99.67, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 98.86. In the upper region, resistance lies at 101.87. The next price resistance is at 103.25. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 45.04 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Axis Capital Holdings Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.47 million shares to 1.79 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 2.26 million shares. A decline of -26.56% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.17 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.17.
Which companies own the most shares of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS)?
In terms of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 90 in the next 12 months, down nearly -12.55% from the previous closing price of $102.92. Analysts anticipate Axis Capital Holdings Ltd stock to reach 95 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 59. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Axis Capital Holdings Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 15, 2023, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $68.
