Arch Capital Group (ACGL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also provides property, energy, marine, and aviation insurance; travel insurance; accident, disability, and medical plan insurance coverages; captive insurance programs; employer's liability; contract and commercial surety coverages; and collateral protection, debt cancellation, and service contract reimbursement products. This segment markets its products through a group of licensed independent retail and wholesale brokers. Its Reinsurance segment provides casualty reinsurance for third party liability exposures; marine and aviation; motor reinsurance, whole account multi-line treaties, cyber, trade credit, surety, accident and health, workers' compensation catastrophe, agriculture, trade credit, and political risk products; reinsurance protection for catastrophic losses, and personal lines and commercial property exposures; life reinsurance; casualty clash; and risk management solutions. This segment markets its reinsurance products through brokers. The company's Mortgage segment offers direct mortgage insurance and mortgage reinsurance. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $98.23 to $99.70
• 50-Day Range: $95.00 to $114.86
• 52-Week Range: $72.85 to $116.47
• Volume: 323,931 shs
• Average Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $37.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6.66
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $118.38
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Arch Capital Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Arch Capital Group scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 175th out of 916 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Arch Capital Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Arch Capital Group has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1.44%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Arch Capital Group are expected to grow by 1.44% in the coming year, from $9.01 to $9.14 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Arch Capital Group is 6.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 135.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Arch Capital Group is 6.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 49.63.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Arch Capital Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.52. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Arch Capital Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.73. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.24% of the float of Arch Capital Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Arch Capital Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Arch Capital Group has recently decreased by 15.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Arch Capital Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Arch Capital Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.57

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.24% of the float of Arch Capital Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Arch Capital Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Arch Capital Group has recently decreased by 15.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.62

News Sentiment

Arch Capital Group has a news sentiment score of 0.62. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 30 news articles for Arch Capital Group this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 14 people have searched for ACGL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 7 people have added Arch Capital Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -42% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Arch Capital Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.20% of the stock of Arch Capital Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.07% of the stock of Arch Capital Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ACGL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ACGL shares performed this year?

Arch Capital Group's stock was trading at $74.27 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, ACGL stock has increased by 33.1% and is now trading at $98.86.
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How were Arch Capital Group's earnings last quarter?

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.99 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.94 by $0.05. The insurance provider earned $4.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.05 billion. Arch Capital Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.94% and a net margin of 33.86%.

When did Arch Capital Group's stock split?

Shares of Arch Capital Group split on the morning of Thursday, June 21st 2018. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, May 9th 2018. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, June 20th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Who are Arch Capital Group's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Arch Capital Group include Bamco Inc. NY (5.51%), State Street Corp (4.41%), WCM Investment Management LLC (3.71%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Marc Grandisson, John M Pasquesi, Nicolas Papadopoulo, Maamoun Rajeh, David Gansberg, Francois Morin, Louis T Petrillo and Brian S Posner.
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How do I buy shares of Arch Capital Group?

Shares of ACGL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Arch Capital Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Arch Capital Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Humana (HUM), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), American Water Works (AWK), Arista Networks (ANET) and Salesforce (CRM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/30/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/4 Dividend: 11/18/2024
• Today: 11/22/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/04/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/12/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Fire, marine, & casualty insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ACGL
• CUSIP: G0450A10
• CIK: 947484
• Web: www.archcapgroup.com
• Phone: (441) 278-9250
• Fax: 441-278-9255
• Employees: 6,400
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $118.38
• High Stock Price Target: $138.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $97.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $14.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.99
• P/E Growth: 1.52
• Net Income: $4.44 billion
• Net Margins: 33.86%
• Pretax Margin: 28.01%
• Return on Equity: 18.94%
• Return on Assets: 5.62%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17
• Current Ratio: 0.58
• Quick Ratio: 0.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.73
• Cash Flow: $9.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.70
• Book Value: $56.99 per share
• Price / Book: 1.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 376,240,000
• Free Float: 360,440,000
• Market Cap: $37.26 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.61