What is Zacks Research's Forecast for ACGL Q1 Earnings?

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Arch Capital Group in a report released on Monday, April 14th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now expects that the insurance provider will post earnings of $1.35 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.42. 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $2.34 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.78 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.68 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.38 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $10.50 EPS.

ACGL has been the topic of several other research reports. UBS Group dropped their price target on Arch Capital Group from $127.00 to $124.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. JMP Securities reiterated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $125.00 price target on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Arch Capital Group from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 11th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on shares of Arch Capital Group from $105.00 to $106.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 11th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price objective on shares of Arch Capital Group from $120.00 to $113.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $114.88.

Arch Capital Group Price Performance

Shares of ACGL traded up $0.21 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $92.59. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,414,329 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,738,199. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.58. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $91.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $95.93. Arch Capital Group has a fifty-two week low of $82.49 and a fifty-two week high of $116.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.27, a PEG ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.36.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The insurance provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 period last year, the business earned $2.45 earnings per share.

Insider Transactions at Arch Capital Group

In related news, insider Louis T. Petrillo sold 11,600 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.00, for a total value of $1,055,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 140,023 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,742,093. This represents a 7.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 4.20% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ACGL. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Arch Capital Group by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 41,999,603 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $3,878,663,000 after acquiring an additional 182,150 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Arch Capital Group by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,010,756 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $1,014,648,000 after purchasing an additional 180,493 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Arch Capital Group by 10.5% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 8,222,244 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $759,324,000 after purchasing an additional 783,506 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its holdings in shares of Arch Capital Group by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 5,350,868 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $488,992,000 after purchasing an additional 226,617 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Arch Capital Group by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 4,888,997 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $451,499,000 after buying an additional 93,226 shares during the last quarter. 89.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Arch Capital Group

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.