ProShare Advisors LLC Sells 8,130 Shares of Arch Capital Group Ltd. $ACGL

ProShare Advisors LLC reduced its position in Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 88,735 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after selling 8,130 shares during the quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC’s holdings in Arch Capital Group were worth $8,051,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bridges Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Arch Capital Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,413,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its position in Arch Capital Group by 12.5% during the 3rd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 192,567 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $17,472,000 after acquiring an additional 21,323 shares during the last quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 13,525,402 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $1,214,987,000 after purchasing an additional 171,693 shares in the last quarter. High Ground Investment Management LLP increased its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. High Ground Investment Management LLP now owns 1,714,668 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $155,572,000 after purchasing an additional 58,151 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cooke & Bieler LP bought a new position in Arch Capital Group in the 3rd quarter valued at $210,856,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.07% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arch Capital Group

In other news, CFO Francois Morin sold 8,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.62, for a total value of $756,960.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 266,681 shares in the company, valued at $25,233,356.22. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider John M. Pasquesi sold 8,800 shares of Arch Capital Group stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.17, for a total value of $828,696.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 289,556 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,267,488.52. This trade represents a 2.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 220,666 shares of company stock valued at $20,728,673 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 4.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Arch Capital Group

Here are the key news stories impacting Arch Capital Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat expectations — operating income/earnings topped estimates and management highlighted underwriting strength and rising investment income, underpinning margin recovery. Arch Capital Tops Q4 Earnings Estimates on Solid Underwriting
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised targets and ratings — Royal Bank of Canada raised its price target to $115 (outperform) and Wells Fargo to $109 (overweight), signaling analyst confidence and creating visible upside. RBC Raise Wells Fargo Raise
• Positive Sentiment: Management tone and buyback plans support capital returns — management commentary and analyst write-ups point to disciplined underwriting, improving margins and accelerated buybacks (management discussed sizable buyback capacity). Measured Underwriting Buyback Analysis Management Confidence Boosted
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call materials and transcripts are available for detail — investors can review the Q4 presentation and full call transcript to assess guidance and segment-level commentary. Q4 Earnings Call Transcript Q4 Presentation
• Neutral Sentiment: Relative performance note — one report flagged that ACGL underperformed peers on a single-day basis despite gains; this is a short-term datapoint rather than a change to the company story. Underperforms Peers Note
• Negative Sentiment: Short interest rose in late January — as of Jan. 30 there were ~7.05M shares short (~2.0% of float) and a short-interest ratio around 2.7 days, which can add volatility or signal some investor skepticism about near-term upside.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Arch Capital Group from $106.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Arch Capital Group from $111.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $97.00 price objective (up previously from $93.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of Arch Capital Group from $100.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “sell” rating and set a $93.00 target price (up from $84.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $108.20.

Arch Capital Group Stock Performance

Arch Capital Group stock opened at $98.61 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $35.76 billion, a PE ratio of 8.49, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Arch Capital Group Ltd. has a 1 year low of $82.44 and a 1 year high of $103.39. The company’s 50-day moving average is $94.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.74.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The insurance provider reported $2.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.34 by $0.64. Arch Capital Group had a net margin of 22.07% and a return on equity of 16.73%. The business had revenue of $3.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.94 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.26 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Arch Capital Group Ltd. will post 8.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Arch Capital Group Profile

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACGL) is a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding company that underwrites a broad range of property and casualty, mortgage, and specialty risk products. The company operates through a group of underwriting subsidiaries and platforms to provide insurance, reinsurance and related risk solutions tailored to commercial, institutional and individual clients.

Arch’s product mix includes treaty and facultative reinsurance, primary casualty and property insurance, mortgage insurance and other specialty lines.