Unusual Volume Spotted in Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) Stock

Aspen Re CEO explains how he is repositioning the company
Stephen Postlewhite CEO of Aspen Re
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10 September, 2017

Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL held its position in Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The investment company owned 59,235 stocks of the insurance provider's shares after purchasing an extra 6,746 shares through out the period. Systematic Financial Management LP owned approximately 0.63% of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited worth $18,859,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. The value of the investment in (AHL) went from $1,035,000 to $6,268,000 a change of $5,233,000 since the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 4,955,473 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $257,934,000 after acquiring an additional 4,883,752 shares during the period. Breton Hill Capital Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited during the first quarter valued at about $697,000.

As of the end of the quarter Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC had bought 8,351 shares growing its position 45.6%. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,753 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $237,000 after purchasing an additional 814 shares during the period. As of the end of the quarter Point72 Asset Management, L.p. had sold a total of 34,100 shares trimming its holdings by 10.5%. Janus Capital Management LLC divested its stake by selling 20,400 shares a decrease of 70.8%. Capstone Asset Management has an ownership of 8,159 stocks of the insurance provider's shares valued $425,000 following purchasing an extra 290 stocks in the previous period. Northern Trust stated it has 0.01% of its portfolio in Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL). If you are accessing this story on another site, it was stolen and reposted in violation of worldwide copyright & trademark legislation.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 26th.

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on AHL shares. Barclays Capital maintained the stock with "Equal-Weight" rating in Thursday, July 27 report. UBS AG reiterated a "neutral" recommendation and given a $52.00 price objective (down from $54.00) on stocks of Aspen Insurance Holdings in a study report on early Tue, Aug 1st. BidaskClub upgraded shares of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited from a "strong sell" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Friday, July 7th. New York State Common Retirement Fund has invested 0.02% in Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL). TheStreet lowered Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited from a "b" rating to a "c" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 27th. Two brokerage firms recommended the company shares with a sell recommendation and around three has issued a hold recommendation to The corporation. The stock now has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $54.50. The stock of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) has "Neutral" rating given on Thursday, December 10 by Piper Jaffray. The company has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion, a PE ratio of 15.60 and a beta of 0.73. Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited's sales was down 17.5% on a YOY basis. on consensus, financial stock experts expect that Aspen Insurance Holdings to post $2.67 EPS for the present financial year. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $46.83 and a 200 day moving average of $50.59. More interesting news about Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: "Aspen Insurance Holdings' (AHL) CEO Chris O'Kane on Q4 2016 Results - Earnings ..." published on February 09, 2017 as well as Seekingalpha.com's news article titled: "Aspen Insurance Not Operating At A Top-Notch Level" with publication date: June 22, 2017. The firm had revenue of $562 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $639.57 million. Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited had a return on equity of 3.84% and a net margin of 7.66%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.40 earnings per share. During the same quarter previous year, the firm posted $0.40 EPS. In the last earnings report the EPS was $2.45 and is estimated to be $2.67 for the current year with 59,844,000 shares now outstanding. The company recently announced a dividend for shareholders that was paid on Tuesday May 30th, 2017. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thurs, Aug 10th. The dividend yield was $2.36. Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited's dividend payout ratio is now 39.67%. (Aspen Singapore), and Aspen American Insurance Company (AAIC).


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