Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for ACGL Q2 Earnings

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2027 earnings per share estimates for Arch Capital Group in a research note issued on Wednesday, September 2nd. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the insurance provider will post earnings per share of $2.48 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.49. The consensus estimate for Arch Capital Group’s current full-year earnings is $9.44 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Arch Capital Group’s Q2 2028 earnings at $2.71 EPS.

ACGL has been the subject of several other reports. Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Arch Capital Group from $101.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Arch Capital Group in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Atlantic Securities set a $126.00 price objective on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Arch Capital Group from $116.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $111.11.

Arch Capital Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ACGL opened at $99.83 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.81, a PEG ratio of 4.84 and a beta of 0.30. Arch Capital Group has a 12 month low of $82.44 and a 12 month high of $107.08. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $100.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $96.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.57 and a quick ratio of 0.57.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The insurance provider reported $2.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.09. Arch Capital Group had a return on equity of 17.06% and a net margin of 24.40%.The company had revenue of $4.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.36 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.58 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Arch Capital Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Twin Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Arch Capital Group by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 8,177 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $785,000 after buying an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Torren Management LLC boosted its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 66.9% in the 2nd quarter. Torren Management LLC now owns 292 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC increased its stake in Arch Capital Group by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 9,453 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $907,000 after buying an additional 123 shares in the last quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Arch Capital Group by 12.7% during the 2nd quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,245 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $113,000 after buying an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Personal CFO Solutions LLC raised its holdings in shares of Arch Capital Group by 1.4% during the first quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 10,238 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $983,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.07% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Arch Capital Group news, CFO Francois Morin sold 11,010 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.32, for a total transaction of $1,093,513.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 184,826 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,356,918.32. This represents a 5.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 3.30% of the company’s stock.

Arch Capital Group Company Profile

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACGL) is a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding company that underwrites a broad range of property and casualty, mortgage, and specialty risk products. The company operates through a group of underwriting subsidiaries and platforms to provide insurance, reinsurance and related risk solutions tailored to commercial, institutional and individual clients.

Arch’s product mix includes treaty and facultative reinsurance, primary casualty and property insurance, mortgage insurance and other specialty lines.