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AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd

AXS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
AXIS Capital Holdings underwrites specialty insurance and reinsurance through two segments, one selling professional, property, marine, aviation and cyber cover, the other reinsuring agriculture, catastrophe, credit, property and life risks. It works with commercial enterprises, financial institutions and other insurers rather than individual consumers. The company is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, and has traded publicly since 2003.
Where it sits in the stack
AXIS sits outside our AI build-out indices; it belongs to the specialty insurance and reinsurance sector of our wider universe rather than to Rubin or Halo layers. Its role there is as a risk carrier rather than a supplier or customer of compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name; within the specialty insurance and reinsurance industry it sits among Bermuda-domiciled carriers, and the market often names it alongside RenaissanceRe.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
AXIS holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelooknet score and no index seat within Rubin or Halo, so the diary has not built coverage beyond that index membership.
What the diary watches
Whether renewal pricing in its reinsurance book holds up and whether catastrophe losses move the read on its underwriting result.

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AXS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Insurance - Specialty · United States · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance - Specialty · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AXS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.86%, quarterly · last 0.44 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What AXS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.76 USD per share · a 1.86% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.76 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.44 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.88 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.76 USD · 2025: 1.76 USD · 2026: 0.88 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-29

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.15 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AXS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.15 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd moved 0.15% on average · correlation 0.06 · higher than 18% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.59 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.02% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.62% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS)?

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd trades as AXS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is AXS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does AXS trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -8% vs the 50-day and -7.9% vs the 200-day average, 21.3% below the 52-week high and +8.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 63 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd do?

AXIS Capital Holdings underwrites specialty insurance and reinsurance through two segments, one selling professional, property, marine, aviation and cyber cover, the other reinsuring agriculture, catastrophe, credit, property and life risks. It works with commercial enterprises, financial institutions and other insurers rather than individual consumers. The company is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, and has traded publicly since 2003. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name; within the specialty insurance and reinsurance industry it sits among Bermuda-domiciled carriers, and the market often names it alongside RenaissanceRe.

Where does AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

AXIS sits outside our AI build-out indices; it belongs to the specialty insurance and reinsurance sector of our wider universe rather than to Rubin or Halo layers. Its role there is as a risk carrier rather than a supplier or customer of compute infrastructure. AXIS holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelooknet score and no index seat within Rubin or Halo, so the diary has not built coverage beyond that index membership.

Does AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd pay a dividend?

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd has paid 1.76 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.86% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.44 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd had a beta of 0.15 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 18% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.02% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AXS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Insurance - Specialty, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.