AXS vs HIG vs TRV Stock Comparison

Axis Capital Holdings, Hartford Insurance and Travelers Companies Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd
$105.74 +11.5% 1M +12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$7.81B
P/E
8.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.92B
Div. yield
0.02%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
3 wins
HIG Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.
$134.90 +7.0% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$37.20B
P/E
8.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.87B
Div. yield
0.02%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
TRV Travelers Companies, Inc.
$395.41 +9.7% 1M +47.7% 1Y
Market cap
$84.51B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.92B
Div. yield
0.01%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Travelers Companies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Travelers Companies 5, Hartford Insurance 4, Axis Capital Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAXSHIGTRVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.81B $37.20B $84.51B TRV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.0x 8.1x 10.1x AXS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.2x 11.0x 11.5x AXS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.8% +9.2% +1.1% AXS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.2% 15.4% 17.0% TRV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.5% 19.3% 21.5% TRV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.0x 0.2x HIG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% HIG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.1% +8.6% +47.7% TRV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.3%/yr +13.4%/yr +20.4%/yr TRV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.4% 20.4% 20.6% HIG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 75/100 67/100 HIG

Percentile Scorecard

AXSHIGTRV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAXSHIGTRV
Valuation 85 #19 of 119 75 #30 of 119 53 #57 of 119
Growth 77 #27 of 116 64 #42 of 116 69 #37 of 116
Profitability 77 #28 of 116 84 #20 of 116 88 #15 of 116
Financial Health 62 #45 of 118 65 #42 of 118 50 #60 of 118
Shareholder Returns 66 #38 of 109 85 #17 of 109 75 #28 of 109
Overall 73 75 67
  • AXS ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • HIG ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • TRV ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAXSHIGTRVSPY
1 month +11.5%+7.0%+9.7% -2.0%
3 months +1.7%-5.0%+4.8% -2.2%
6 months +7.0%+0.6%+31.2% +4.2%
Year to date -1.3%-2.1%+36.3% +10.6%
1 year +12.1%+8.6%+47.7% +10.4%
3 years +94.0%+82.0%+134.8% +73.6%
3 years, per year +24.7%+22.1%+32.9% +20.2%
5 years +104.0%+87.5%+152.7% +61.6%
5 years, per year +15.3%+13.4%+20.4% +10.1%
10 years +82.1%+208.3%+274.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year +6.2%+11.9%+14.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAXSHIGTRVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.4%20.4%20.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%20.1%18.0% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.20-0.17-0.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.500.422.32 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -21.0%-19.5%-19.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.3%-7.4%-2.5% -3.2%
52-week high $119.25$145.71$405.41 $779.14
52-week low $94.19$122.40$267.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAXSHIGTRV
P/E now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 10.9x 7.9xmedian 10.9x 9.8xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.4x 1.2xmedian 1.4x 1.7xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 7.3x 4.1xmedian 7.3x 4.5xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 8.7x 5.1xmedian 8.7x 7.6xmedian 8.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.6x 1.9xmedian 1.6x 2.8xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 0.60 0.26median 0.60 0.16median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAXSHIGTRV
Revenue $6.92B $29.87B $48.92B
Gross profit – $14.34B $24.30B
Operating income – $5.69B $10.82B
Net income $1.01B $4.61B $8.33B
Free cash flow $2.60B $7.03B $10.62B
EPS (diluted) $13.37 $16.80 $39.56
Cash & equivalents $1.04B – –
Total debt $1.37B $4.38B $9.81B
Shares (diluted) 73.37M 273.10M 210.60M
Enterprise value $4.28B $20.72B $61.99B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAXSHIGTRV
P/E 7.8x 7.9x 9.8x
P/FCF 2.9x 5.1x 7.6x
P/Operating cash flow 2.9x 5.2x 7.6x
P/S 1.1x 1.2x 1.7x
P/B 1.2x 1.9x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 2.0x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 5.9x 4.1x 4.5x
EV/EBIT 6.2x 6.3x 7.9x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 1.2x 1.7x
EV/FCF 3.1x 5.1x 8.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 3.0x 5.2x 8.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 0.26 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAXSHIGTRV
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.8% 9.2% 1.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 7.4% 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 18.9% 15.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.8% 20.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 27.2% 40.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 22.8% 58.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -0.1% 29.5% 41.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.3% 25.6% 56.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 7.0% 35.3% 53.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 31.1% 61.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 942.1% 16.8% 6.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.2% 23.9% 15.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 833.8% 19.4% 6.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.7% 26.5% 15.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAXSHIGTRV
Gross margin – 48.0% 49.7%
EBITDA margin 19.4% 29.5% 38.4%
Operating margin – 19.0% 22.1%
Pretax margin 17.5% 18.4% 21.2%
Net margin 14.2% 15.4% 17.0%
FCF margin 37.6% 23.5% 21.7%
Operating cash flow margin 38.4% 23.4% 21.8%
Return on equity 15.6% 24.8% 26.8%
Return on assets 2.7% 5.4% 5.8%
Return on invested capital 13.5% 19.3% 21.5%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x 1.5x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAXSHIGTRV
Debt / assets 3.7% 5.0% 6.9%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.0x 0.2x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 0.6x 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 82.7% 78.3% 79.6%
Equity / assets 17.3% 21.7% 20.4%
Interest coverage 19.1x 28.6x 23.4x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAXSHIGTRV
Dividend yield 1.7% 1.8% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 7.2% 5.0% 7.4%
Shareholder yield 8.8% 6.7% 8.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 13.3% 13.9% 12.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 5.2% 9.1% 9.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) -7.7% 10.1% 2.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -4.0% 7.1% 3.8%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAXSHIGTRV
Forward P/E 8.2xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 11.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.94FY2026 $12.25FY2026 $34.25FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.2%FY2026 -8.7%FY2026 +24.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.7% +5.6% -15.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.02BFY2026 $27.39BFY2026 $42.57BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.0%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +4.9% +2.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAXSHIGTRV
Held by institutions 97.7% 92.5% 87.4%
Institutions holding 468 1,201 1,842
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +0.9% +18.3%
Institutions buying 232 531 879
Institutions selling 179 459 604
Buyers to sellers 1.30 1.16 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AXSHIGTRV
AXS 1.00 0.59 0.62
HIG 0.59 1.00 0.73
TRV 0.62 0.73 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AXS, HIG and TRV?

Travelers Companies (TRV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) $7.81B, Hartford Insurance (HIG) $37.20B, Travelers Companies (TRV) $84.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, AXS, HIG and TRV?

Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 8.0x, Hartford Insurance (HIG) 8.1x, Travelers Companies (TRV) 10.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) is cheapest (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 8.2x, Hartford Insurance (HIG) 11.0x, Travelers Companies (TRV) 11.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) +9.8%, Hartford Insurance (HIG) +9.2%, Travelers Companies (TRV) +1.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Travelers Companies (TRV) has the highest net margin (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 14.2%, Hartford Insurance (HIG) 15.4%, Travelers Companies (TRV) 17.0%). On return on invested capital, Travelers Companies (TRV) leads (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 13.5%, Hartford Insurance (HIG) 19.3%, Travelers Companies (TRV) 21.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Travelers Companies (TRV) returned the most: Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) +12.1%, Hartford Insurance (HIG) +8.6%, Travelers Companies (TRV) +47.7%. Over five years, Travelers Companies (TRV) compounded fastest (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) +15.3%/yr, Hartford Insurance (HIG) +13.4%/yr, Travelers Companies (TRV) +20.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Hartford Insurance (HIG) has the highest dividend yield: Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 0.02%, Hartford Insurance (HIG) 0.02%, Travelers Companies (TRV) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hartford Insurance (HIG) has been the steadiest (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 24.4%, Hartford Insurance (HIG) 20.4%, Travelers Companies (TRV) 20.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AXS, HIG and TRV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Travelers Companies (TRV) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.