Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of Chubb Q3 Earnings

Chubb Limited (NYSE:CB) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Chubb in a research note issued on Tuesday, August 5th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $5.07 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $5.38. The consensus estimate for Chubb’s current full-year earnings is $21.52 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Chubb’s Q4 2025 earnings at $6.37 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $25.15 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $27.58 EPS.

Chubb (NYSE:CB) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The financial services provider reported $6.14 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.84 by $0.30. Chubb had a net margin of 16.08% and a return on equity of 12.34%. The company had revenue of $14.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.53 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $5.38 earnings per share. Chubb’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of Chubb from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $303.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, May 20th. Barclays cut shares of Chubb from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $321.00 to $298.00 in a research report on Monday, July 7th. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Chubb in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Chubb from $304.00 to $292.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $283.00 price target (down previously from $335.00) on shares of Chubb in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $301.50.

Chubb Trading Down 0.2%

NYSE CB opened at $269.14 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $280.53 and its two-hundred day moving average is $282.31. Chubb has a 12 month low of $252.16 and a 12 month high of $306.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $107.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.87, a PEG ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.53.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Chubb

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CB. Demars Financial Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Chubb by 26,761.4% during the 4th quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 5,360,455 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,481,094,000 after purchasing an additional 5,340,499 shares in the last quarter. GQG Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Chubb by 112.1% during the 1st quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 9,394,018 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,836,899,000 after purchasing an additional 4,964,298 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Chubb by 36,831.3% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,084,033 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $629,357,000 after purchasing an additional 2,078,390 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Chubb during the 1st quarter worth $562,221,000. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in shares of Chubb by 46.7% during the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 4,406,052 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,217,392,000 after purchasing an additional 1,403,545 shares in the last quarter. 83.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Chubb news, Director Michael Corbat bought 425 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 25th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $269.80 per share, for a total transaction of $114,665.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 2,450 shares in the company, valued at approximately $661,010. The trade was a 20.99% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider John J. Lupica sold 5,513 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $290.06, for a total transaction of $1,599,100.78. Following the transaction, the insider owned 91,180 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,447,670.80. This trade represents a 5.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 100,390 shares of company stock valued at $29,163,135. 0.77% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Chubb Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 13th were issued a dividend of $0.97 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 13th. This is an increase from Chubb’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.91. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Chubb’s dividend payout ratio is 17.12%.

Chubb declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 15th that permits the company to buyback $5.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the financial services provider to reacquire up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

About Chubb

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.