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Market Wrap For April 14: Markets Surge on Positive Retail Data, Citi Earnings
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2450U.S. stocks rose to start off the holiday-filled shortened trading week on a positive note as investors found plenty of reason to be optimistic on retail sales which jumped the most since 2012. Investors were also encouraged by Citigroup's better than expected earnings which eased investor...
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Market Perform Rating On Aspen Insurance Holdings
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 7:41am | 91According to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Aspen Insurance Holdings (NYSE: AHL) announced losses from April and May U.S. tornadoes and storms of $60 mm after-tax ($0.81/sh) or 2.2% of 1Q11 equity, with the majority of the losses from the company's reinsurance book. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said...
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Wunderlich Securities Provides Color on the Insurance Sector
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 6:09am | 158Wunderlich Securities provided color on the insurance sector ahead of the hurricane season. Wunderlich believes the hurricane activity will be on track with the high activity in 2010. In a research report published today, Wunderlich commented on which insurance companies are best suited to...
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Wunderlich Downgrades EPS On Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL)
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 7:03am | 162Wudnderlich Securities provided color on Aspen Insurance Holdings (NYSE: AHL) in a research report published today. Following bad Q1 results, when Aspen Insurance reported a loss of $2.40 per share, against consensus estimate of a $2.27 loss and Wunderlich's $2.05, Wunderlich decided to cut its...
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Aspen Insurance Clarifies Situation In South Pacific, Wunderlich Maintains Buy Rating (AHL)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:22am | 169Wunderlich Securities has published a research report on Aspen Insurance Holdings (NYSE: AHL) after the company elicited some clarity on catastrophes in the South Pacific region. In the report, Wunderlich writes "On March 15, Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (AHL) provided an update on the recent...
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Wunderlich Securities Reiterates Buy Rating, $37 PT On AHL
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 9:12am | 125Wunderlich Securities is reiterating its Buy rating and $37 PT on Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AHL). “[AHL] reported operating results above expectations for 4Q10 and year end. Full-year 2010 operating EPS were $3.03 on total premiums of $1.9 billion, compared to EPS of $5.16 and premiums...
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Sterne Agee Provides Color On AHL 4Q10 EPS
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 10:44am | 93Aspen Insurance Holdings (NYSE: AHL) operating EPS was $1.02, Sterne Agee reports. “Adjusting for $10 mm higher other income and a lower tax rate versus our forecast, we would put the core EPS at $0.83,” Sterne Agee writes. “This compares to our estimate at $0.68 and the Street consensus at $0.73...
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Wunderlich Comments on Aspen Insurance Holdings Q4 10 Beat (AHL)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 9:04am | 122Wunderlich is out with its report today on Aspen Insurance Holdings (NYSE: AHL), commenting on AHL's Q4 beat. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "Buy-rated Aspen Insurance Holdings reported 4Q10 EPS of $1.02 compared to $1.44 a year ago, well above our estimate of $0.57 and consensus of $0.71...
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Deutsche Bank Downgrades Aspen Insurance
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 8:46am | 103Deutsche Bank reports this morning that it is downgrading shares of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AHL) following its 3Q10 results. “The poor performance in 3Q10 was a confluence of a number of events: unfavorable development on its professional lines book, the lack of favorable development...
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Two Catastrophes Lower Aspen Insurance Holdings' EPS, Wunderlich Securities Reports
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 10:07am | 65Yesterday, October 27, Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AHL) reported 3Q10 operating EPS of $0.79 versus $1.40 a year ago, Wunderlich Securities reports. “Our 3Q10 EPS estimate was $1.02; consensus was $1.12,” Wunderlich Securities writes. “The shortfall in 3Q10 was due to two major...