Arch Capital Group Ltd. $ACGL Shares Sold by Erste Asset Management GmbH

Erste Asset Management GmbH reduced its holdings in shares of Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) by 77.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,228 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after selling 84,761 shares during the quarter. Erste Asset Management GmbH’s holdings in Arch Capital Group were worth $2,267,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Arch Capital Group by 426.0% during the 3rd quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 384 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 311 shares in the last quarter. Quent Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Arch Capital Group during the 3rd quarter valued at $37,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. grew its holdings in Arch Capital Group by 63.3% during the 3rd quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 418 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its position in Arch Capital Group by 31.4% during the second quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 469 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Arch Capital Group in the third quarter worth $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.07% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Arch Capital Group

In related news, insider John M. Pasquesi sold 203,866 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.90, for a total transaction of $19,143,017.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 351,356 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,992,328.40. This represents a 36.72% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Maamoun Rajeh sold 47,430 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $96.12, for a total transaction of $4,558,971.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 433,589 shares in the company, valued at $41,676,574.68. The trade was a 9.86% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 260,096 shares of company stock worth $24,530,685. Company insiders own 4.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Arch Capital Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Arch reported a solid quarterly result earlier this year (beat on EPS and revenue), giving investors confidence in earnings power and underwriting performance. (Background)
• Positive Sentiment: Arch’s board declared a dividend on a series of preferred shares, which supports income investors and signals capital allocation discipline. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Short interest has fallen materially from ~7.05M shares to about 5.59M shares (as of Feb 13), reducing potential downward pressure from short covering; short-interest ratio ~2.6 days. (Feb 13 short-interest data)
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks and other market sites note increased investor attention on ACGL, which can boost volume and volatility but is not a directional catalyst on its own. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Mentions of ACGL in investor letters/fund reports (e.g., Q4 fund commentary) are present but don’t point to a clear company-specific catalyst. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: There are conflicting/odd short‑interest data points in some feeds (entries showing 0 shares/NaN), so verify with the exchange’s official short‑interest release before drawing conclusions. (Data anomaly)
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research recently trimmed several near‑term and FY2026–FY2027 EPS estimates for ACGL (multiple quarter and year cuts), which could weigh on valuation and near‑term sentiment. Article Title

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a $93.00 price objective (up from $84.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Arch Capital Group from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $104.00 price target (up from $102.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a report on Thursday, February 12th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $114.00 price objective (up from $113.00) on shares of Arch Capital Group in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Mizuho raised their target price on shares of Arch Capital Group from $95.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Nine investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $109.20.

Arch Capital Group Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of ACGL opened at $100.15 on Friday. Arch Capital Group Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $82.44 and a fifty-two week high of $103.39. The company’s fifty day moving average is $96.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $92.67. The firm has a market cap of $36.32 billion, a PE ratio of 8.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.02 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) last issued its earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The insurance provider reported $2.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.34 by $0.64. Arch Capital Group had a return on equity of 16.73% and a net margin of 22.07%.The business had revenue of $4.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.94 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.26 EPS. Analysts forecast that Arch Capital Group Ltd. will post 8.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Arch Capital Group Company 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.