Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL – Get Rating) has earned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the nine analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $53.38.

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ACGL. StockNews.com raised Arch Capital Group from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays reduced their price target on Arch Capital Group from $54.00 to $52.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 14th.

Insider Transactions at Arch Capital Group

In related news, insider Louis T. Petrillo sold 7,638 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.68, for a total transaction of $356,541.84. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 121,297 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,662,143.96. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In related news, insider Louis T. Petrillo sold 7,638 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.68, for a total transaction of $356,541.84. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 121,297 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,662,143.96. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Louis T. Petrillo sold 16,023 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.83, for a total value of $734,334.09. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 105,274 shares in the company, valued at $4,824,707.42. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 40,546 shares of company stock valued at $1,883,120. Insiders own 4.20% of the company's stock.

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Arch Capital Group Price Performance

Shares of Arch Capital Group stock opened at $43.10 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The company has a market cap of $15.91 billion, a PE ratio of 10.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 0.73. The business has a 50 day moving average of $45.46 and a 200 day moving average of $45.97. Arch Capital Group has a 52 week low of $37.44 and a 52 week high of $50.73.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. The insurance provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.51 billion. Arch Capital Group had a return on equity of 14.45% and a net margin of 19.06%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.00 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Arch Capital Group will post 4.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Arch Capital Group Company Profile

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Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products worldwide. The company's Insurance segment offers primary and excess casualty coverages; loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs; collateral protection, debt cancellation, and service contract reimbursement products; directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices and fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity, and other financial related coverages; medical professional and general liability insurance coverages; and workers' compensation and umbrella liability, as well as commercial automobile and inland marine products.

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