Artisan Partners Limited Partnership Sells 195,184 Shares of Arch Capital Group Ltd. $ACGL

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership decreased its holdings in Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) by 0.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 23,638,106 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after selling 195,184 shares during the quarter. Arch Capital Group accounts for about 3.0% of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership owned 6.33% of Arch Capital Group worth $2,144,685,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 31.4% in the 2nd quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 469 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC raised its stake in Arch Capital Group by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC now owns 3,702 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $337,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 3,892 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $354,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 3,025 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $275,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Compound Planning Inc. boosted its stake in Arch Capital Group by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 2,644 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $240,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.07% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on ACGL shares. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $114.00 price target (up from $113.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Barclays set a $104.00 target price on Arch Capital Group and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $104.00 price target (up from $102.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Roth Mkm set a $110.00 price target on shares of Arch Capital Group and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Arch Capital Group from $111.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $109.20.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arch Capital Group

In other news, insider John M. Pasquesi sold 8,800 shares of Arch Capital Group stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.17, for a total transaction of $828,696.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 289,556 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,267,488.52. The trade was a 2.95% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Maamoun Rajeh sold 47,430 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $96.12, for a total transaction of $4,558,971.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 433,589 shares in the company, valued at $41,676,574.68. This trade represents a 9.86% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 260,096 shares of company stock worth $24,530,685 in the last three months. 4.20% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Arch Capital Group Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:ACGL opened at $99.65 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $36.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.58, a PEG ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 0.42. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $96.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.56. Arch Capital Group Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $82.44 and a fifty-two week high of $103.39. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The insurance provider reported $2.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.34 by $0.64. The firm had revenue of $4.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.94 billion. Arch Capital Group had a return on equity of 16.73% and a net margin of 22.07%.During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.26 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Arch Capital Group Ltd. will post 8.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Arch Capital Group News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Arch Capital Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Board declared dividends on certain preferred-share series, signaling steady capital allocation and supporting income-oriented investors; this likely provided a near-term lift to sentiment. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reports are inconsistent: one series shows a meaningful decline in shorted shares to ~5.59M (≈1.6% of shares) as of Feb 13 (days-to-cover ~2.6), while other entries list 0 shares or NaN changes — likely a data/reporting quirk. The mixed short data makes it hard to read a clear bearish or bullish positioning signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research issued a string of small cuts to several near‑term and FY2026/2027 EPS estimates (Q1/Q4/FY2026 and FY2027 nudged lower), although a few quarters were modestly revised up. The net effect is a slight downward revision to near‑term profitability expectations, which can pressure sentiment if followed by other analysts.

About Arch Capital Group

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.