Company Analysis

Axis Capital Holders Limited (AXS)

NYSE: AXS · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance · Pembroke · filing with the SEC since 2003
Grade6.0
◀ Past 7.2● Present 5.2▶ Future 5.2

The grade of Axis Capital Holders Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past7.240% of the headline
● Present5.235% of the headline
▶ Future5.225% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $6.6 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.6%bottom 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.4%top 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.6% a year. 50% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Axis Capital Holders Limited's diluted share count shrank about 2.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 50% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 82%: owes 82¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Axis Capital Holders Limited earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 82 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • return on equitytop 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 60 in its family; net margin 15.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of 15.4% ranks in the top 34%; revenue growth of 8.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.56Btop 31% of its family
  • net margin15.4%top 34% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.5%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 39% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Tizzio, Vincent C (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-06-09, 4.4 years (bottom 39% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.9 years (bottom 48%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 30%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 30% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.9 yearsbottom 48% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.4 yearsbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 60 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 60 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $820 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 2.4% of its assets as net cash, top 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.6% of revenue (bottom 16%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets2.4%top 46% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.6%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.5% a year over the last three filed years against 5.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 49% of its family); the newest year grew 10.2% (top 37%) (its annual reports). Axis Capital Holders Limited tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.9 points a yeartop 49% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.2%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 37% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Axis Capital Holders Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.3% above the $6.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 21% of its family); net income of $1.0 billion against a prior three-year average of $560 million (top 47%); a net margin of 15.4% against 9.7% before (top 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.3%top 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+80%top 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.6 pointstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AXS · research, not advice