Q1 EPS Estimate for Arch Capital Group Lifted by Analyst

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2028 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Arch Capital Group in a research note issued on Monday, March 30th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the insurance provider will earn $2.78 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.71. The consensus estimate for Arch Capital Group’s current full-year earnings is $8.42 per share.

ACGL has been the topic of several other reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $104.00 price objective (up from $102.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (up from $97.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Evercore set a $100.00 price target on shares of Arch Capital Group and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $93.00 price objective (up from $84.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $114.00 price target (up from $113.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Arch Capital Group has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $109.20.

Arch Capital Group Stock Up 1.3%

ACGL stock opened at $96.74 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.53. The company has a market capitalization of $34.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.33, a PEG ratio of 3.88 and a beta of 0.41. Arch Capital Group has a fifty-two week low of $82.44 and a fifty-two week high of $103.39. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $96.57 and a 200-day moving average of $93.27.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $2.34 by $0.64. The business had revenue of $4.93 billion during 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 period in the prior year, the company earned $2.26 earnings per share.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Brian S. Posner sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.11, for a total transaction of $51,330.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 2,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,220. The trade was a 60.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider David Gansberg sold 5,907 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $96.37, for a total transaction of $569,257.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 336,559 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,434,190.83. This trade represents a 1.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 78,267 shares of company stock worth $7,291,637. 4.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Arch Capital Group

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Arch Capital Group during the 4th quarter valued at $463,208,000. Cooke & Bieler LP purchased a new position in Arch Capital Group in the third quarter worth $210,856,000. First Trust Advisors LP increased its stake in Arch Capital Group by 409.5% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,835,648 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $257,278,000 after acquiring an additional 2,279,147 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Arch Capital Group by 184.1% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,670,628 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $256,167,000 after acquiring an additional 1,730,487 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fiduciary Management Inc. WI purchased a new stake in Arch Capital Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $106,683,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.07% of the company’s stock.

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.