Chubb (CB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Chubb Limited provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company's North America Commercial P&C Insurance segment offers commercial property, casualty, workers' compensation, package policies, risk management, financial lines, marine, construction, environmental, medical risk, cyber risk, surety, and casualty; and group accident and health insurance to large, middle market, and small commercial businesses. Its North America Personal P&C Insurance segment provides affluent and high net worth individuals and families with homeowners, automobile and collector cars, valuable articles, personal and excess liability, travel insurance, and recreational marine insurance and services. The company's North America Agricultural Insurance segment offers multiple peril crop and crop-hail insurance; and coverage for farm, ranch, and specialty property and casualty, and commercial agriculture products. Its Overseas General Insurance segment provides coverage for traditional commercial property and casualty; specialty categories, such as financial lines, marine, energy, aviation, political risk, and construction; and group accident and health, and traditional and specialty personal lines for corporations, middle markets, and small customers through retail brokers, agents, and other channels. The company's Global Reinsurance segment offers traditional and specialty reinsurance under the Chubb Tempest Re brand to property and casualty companies. Its Life Insurance segment provides protection and savings products comprising whole life, endowment plans, individual and life, group term life, health protection, personal accident, credit life, universal life, group employee benefits, and unit linked contracts. It markets its products primarily through insurance and reinsurance brokers. The company was formerly known as ACE Limited and changed its name to Chubb Limited in January 2016. Chubb Limited was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $270.60 to $275.67
• 50-Day Range: $271.57 to $301.90
• 52-Week Range: $216.90 to $302.05
• Volume: 2.95 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.61 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $110.13 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.19
• Dividend Yield: 1.33%
• Price Target: $287.37
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Chubb Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Chubb scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 254th out of 937 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: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Chubb has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.35, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Chubb has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.05%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Chubb are expected to grow by 6.05% in the coming year, from $21.82 to $23.14 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Chubb is 11.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Chubb is 11.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 46.86.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Chubb has a PEG Ratio of 6.43. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Chubb has a P/B Ratio of 1.75. 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

0.71% of the float of Chubb has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Chubb has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Chubb has recently decreased by 19.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Chubb pays a meaningful dividend of 1.32%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Chubb does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Chubb is 14.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Chubb will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.73% next year. This indicates that Chubb will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.65

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.71% of the float of Chubb has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Chubb has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Chubb has recently decreased by 19.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.28

News Sentiment

Chubb has a news sentiment score of 0.28. 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 0.80 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Chubb this week, compared to 18 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 13 people have searched for CB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added Chubb to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -73% 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, Chubb insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.86% of the stock of Chubb is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.81% of the stock of Chubb is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CB shares performed this year?

Chubb's stock was trading at $226.00 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CB shares have increased by 20.9% and is now trading at $273.20.
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How were Chubb's earnings last quarter?

Chubb Limited (NYSE:CB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The financial services provider reported $5.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.98 by $0.74. The business's revenue was up 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year.
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How will Chubb's stock buyback program work?

Chubb's Board of Directors initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, June 12th 2023, which permits the company to buy back $5,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Who are Chubb's major shareholders?

Chubb's top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.29%), FMR LLC (3.86%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.21%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Evan G Greenberg, John W Keogh, Sean Ringsted, John J Lupica, Joseph F Wayland, Peter C Enns, Juan Luis Ortega, Michael G Atieh, Timothy Alan Boroughs, Theodore Shasta, Annmarie T Hagan and Paul J Krump.
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How do I buy shares of Chubb?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Chubb own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Chubb investors own include Chevron (CVX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Meta Platforms (META), Comcast (CMCSA), Charles Schwab (SCHW) and McKesson (MCK).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/4 Dividend: 9/13/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/04/2024
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/3 Dividend: 12/13/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/03/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Fire, marine, & casualty insurance
• Sub-Industry: Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CB
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:ACE
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 896159
• Web: www.chubb.com
• Phone: (143) 456-7600
• Fax: 41-43-456-7601
• Employees: 40,000
• Year Founded: 1882

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $287.37
• High Stock Price Target: $349.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $240.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.35
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $24.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.52
• P/E Growth: 6.43
• Net Income: $9.03 billion
• Net Margins: 18.32%
• Pretax Margin: 20.06%
• Return on Equity: 15.46%
• Return on Assets: 4.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.21
• Current Ratio: 0.28
• Quick Ratio: 0.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $54.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.01
• Cash Flow: $23.04 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.86
• Book Value: $156.11 per share
• Price / Book: 1.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 403,098,000
• Free Float: 399,631,000
• Market Cap: $110.13 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.67