AXIS Capital vs White Mountains Insurance
AXS and WTM 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 WTM compare
AXIS Capital is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as White Mountains Insurance ($7.8B against $5.4B).
On earnings, White Mountains Insurance is cheaper: it trades at 6.0× trailing earnings, against 8.3× for AXIS Capital.
White Mountains Insurance grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (44.9% versus 9.8% for AXIS Capital).
White Mountains Insurance keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 26.9% compared with 14.6% at AXIS Capital.
Both pay dividends: AXIS Capital yields 1.2% and White Mountains Insurance 0.04%.
White Mountains Insurance scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 13 for AXIS Capital), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AXS | WTM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.8B | $5.4B |
| Share price | $108.72 | $2254.95 |
| Change, 1 year | 7.0% | 16.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 111% | 114% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.43 | 0.24 |
| Employees | 1,966 | 1,648 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 | 5 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 8.3× | 6.0× (better) |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.5× |
| P/B | 1.2× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 4.9× |
| PEG | 0.11 (better) | 0.38 |
| Fair value | $127.92 | $3223.04 |
| Margin of safety | 15.0% | 30.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.8% | 44.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% | 33.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −0.14% | 591% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.2% | 596% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 13.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 92.8% |
| Net margin | 14.6% | 26.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 16.0% | 19.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.68 | 1.22 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% (better) | 0.04% |
| Payout ratio | 13.3% | 0.25% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 1.4% (better) | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | 7.0% | 7.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 8.2% (better) | 7.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | – | 92.3% |
| Held by insiders | 4.5% | 2.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$770K (better) | −$20.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | 5.6% |
Go deeper
- AXS stock overview
- AXS income statement
- AXS valuation and score
- WTM stock overview
- WTM income statement
- WTM valuation and score
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