Axis Capital Holdings Limited

AXS Financial Insurance Specialty

Axis Capital Holdings Limited’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.6 billion, up 10.2% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.91%
EPS
−24.1%
Free cash flow
+31.7%
Total debt
−4.85%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

107.45 0.33 −0.31%
Market cap
$7.7B
P/E
8.0×
Fwd P/E
8.2×
Dividend yield
1.64%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Axis Capital Holdings Limited (AXS) Return on equity

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Axis Capital Holdings Limited's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.0%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.56% (fiscal 2017) to 20.5% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Insurance Specialty industry median of 12.0% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 17.3% (3.26)
FY2024 20.5% 12.65
FY2023 7.86% 3.55
FY2022 4.31% (7.94)
FY2021 12.3% 15.42
FY2020 −3.17% (9.43)
FY2019 6.26% 6.25
FY2018 0.01% 8.57
FY2017 −8.56% (17.52)
FY2016 8.96% (2.51)

Against its own ten years

Low −8.56% High 20.5%
Ten-year median 7.86%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Limited 17.0%
NMIH NMI Holdings Inc compare 15.4%
MTG MGIC Investment Corporation compare 13.8%
FAF First American Financial Corporation compare 13.7%
ACT Enact Holdings, Inc. compare 12.9%
ESNT Essent Group Ltd. compare 12.0%
RDN Radian Group Inc. compare 11.5%
FNF Fidelity National Financial, Inc. compare 8.76%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. compare 6.21%
Insurance Specialty industry median 12.0%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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