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Axis Capital Holdings (Axis Capital Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 7.99% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Axis Capital Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,841 Mil. Axis Capital Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $467 Mil. Axis Capital Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.99%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Axis Capital Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

AXS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.04   Med: 8.34   Max: 15.76
Current: 7.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Axis Capital Holdings was 15.76%. The lowest was -6.04%. And the median was 8.34%.

AXS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
54.29% of 490 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.65 vs AXS: 7.39

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Axis Capital Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 34.79%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Axis Capital Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Axis Capital Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Axis Capital Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.29 -1.01 12.36 5.21 7.99

Axis Capital Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.21 6.27 9.43 12.20 7.99

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Axis Capital Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Axis Capital Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Axis Capital Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Axis Capital Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Axis Capital Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Axis Capital Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=466.866/5841.41482
=7.99 %

Axis Capital Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $467 Mil.



Axis Capital Holdings  (NYSE:AXS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Axis Capital Holdings (Axis Capital Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
92 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke, BMU, HM 08
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd is a property and casualty insurance company that provides various products and services to clients and distribution partners. The company has operating subsidiaries and branch networks based in Bermuda, the United States, Canada, Europe, and Singapore. Its business consists of two distinct global underwriting platforms, AXIS Insurance, and AXIS Reinsurance. The company manages its portfolio holistically, aiming to construct an optimum consolidated portfolio of funded and unfunded risks.
Executives
Henry B Smith director C/O AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Daniel J Draper officer: Grp Chief Underwriting Officer 52 LIME STREET, LONDON X0 EC3M 7AF
Vincent C Tizzio officer: CEO, Specialty Ins. and Re. C/O THE NAVIGATORS GROUP, INC., 6 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Axel Theis director 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Michael Millegan director C/O WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS RD., PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Charles A Davis director 1 CAPE MAY ST, 1 CAPE MAY ST, HARRISON NJ 07029
Thomas C. Ramey director C/O AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
W Marston Becker director C/O ALTERRA HOUSE, 2 FRONT STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Anne Melissa Dowling director 9965 FEDERAL DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80921
Albert Benchimol officer: Chief Financial Officer & EVP AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE BERMUDA D0 HM 08
Michael A Butt director, officer: Chairman AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Peter Vogt officer: EVP and CFO 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Lizabeth H Zlatkus director ONE HARTFORD PLAZA, HARTFORD CT 06155
Kent W Ziegler officer: Principal Acct Off, Controller 199 WATER STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10038
Elanor Hardwick director C/O AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, AXIS HOUSE, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08

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