AXIS Capital vs RenaissanceRe
AXS and RNR side by side, both in fire, marine, and casualty insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AXS and RNR compare
RenaissanceRe is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as AXIS Capital ($14.1B against $7.7B).
On earnings, RenaissanceRe is cheaper: it trades at 5.8× trailing earnings, against 7.4× for AXIS Capital.
AXIS Capital grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.1% versus −14.0% for RenaissanceRe).
RenaissanceRe keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 23.7% compared with 16.2% at AXIS Capital.
Both pay dividends: AXIS Capital yields 1.3% and RenaissanceRe 0.36%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AXS | RNR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.7B | $14.1B |
| Share price | $104.87 | $339.32 |
| Change, 1 year | 18.8% | 37.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 97.4% | 122% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.43 | 0.23 |
| Employees | 1,966 | 1,040 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 7.4× | 5.8× (better) |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 1.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 2.9× |
| PEG | 0.10 | – |
| Fair value | $133.30 | $433.03 |
| Margin of safety | 21.3% | 21.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.1% (better) | −14.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% | 20.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 23.8% | 31.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 35.4% | 50.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 29.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 16.2% | 23.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 17.4% | 23.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.67 | 0.72 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.3% (better) | 0.36% |
| Payout ratio | 12.4% | 2.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 1.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 7.1% | 11.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 8.4% | 11.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | – | 100% |
| Held by insiders | 4.4% | 2.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$238M | −$16.2M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.1% | 3.1% |
Go deeper
- AXS stock overview
- AXS income statement
- AXS valuation and score
- RNR stock overview
- RNR income statement
- RNR valuation and score
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