Q3 EPS Estimate for Arch Capital Group Decreased by Analyst

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 8th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now forecasts that the insurance provider will post earnings per share of $1.72 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.74. The consensus estimate for Arch Capital Group's current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Arch Capital Group's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.37 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.91 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.25 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $9.49 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $2.40 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on ACGL. Barclays dropped their price objective on Arch Capital Group from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of Arch Capital Group from $105.00 to $106.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on shares of Arch Capital Group from $125.00 to $110.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their target price on Arch Capital Group from $120.00 to $113.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Arch Capital Group in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Arch Capital Group has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.88.

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Arch Capital Group Stock Down 0.4 %

Arch Capital Group stock traded down $0.34 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $92.53. 443,916 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,732,530. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $91.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.54. The company has a market cap of $34.77 billion, a PE ratio of 8.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.36. Arch Capital Group has a 12 month low of $82.49 and a 12 month high of $116.47.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The insurance provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.90 by $0.36. Arch Capital Group had a return on equity of 17.96% and a net margin of 24.73%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.45 earnings per share.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arch Capital Group

In other Arch Capital Group news, insider Louis T. Petrillo sold 11,600 shares of Arch Capital Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.00, for a total transaction of $1,055,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 140,023 shares of the company's stock, valued at $12,742,093. The trade was a 7.65 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 4.20% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ACGL. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Arch Capital Group by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 197,111 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $18,203,000 after buying an additional 6,663 shares during the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 5.3% during the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 111,229 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $12,444,000 after buying an additional 5,614 shares in the last quarter. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. increased its stake in Arch Capital Group by 56.6% in the 4th quarter. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. now owns 6,720 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $621,000 after purchasing an additional 2,430 shares in the last quarter. Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD. acquired a new position in shares of Arch Capital Group during the 4th quarter worth $366,000. Finally, Northstar Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Arch Capital Group by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Northstar Group Inc. now owns 122,197 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $11,285,000 after purchasing an additional 5,947 shares during the last quarter. 89.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Arch Capital Group Company Profile

Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products worldwide. The company's Insurance segment offers primary and excess casualty coverages; loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs; directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices and fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity, and other financial related coverages; medical professional and general liability insurance coverages; and workers' compensation and umbrella liability, as well as commercial automobile and inland marine products.