ACE Ltd (ACE): Today's Featured Insurance Winner

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ACE (ACE) pushed the Insurance industry higher today making it today's featured insurance winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, ACE rose 96 cents (1.1%) to $86.20 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.8 million shares of ACE exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $85.01-$86.23 after having opened the day at $85.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $85.24. Other companies within the Insurance industry that increased today were: EMC Insurance Group (EMCI), up 4.2%, Universal Insurance Holdings (UVE), up 3.6%, Primerica (PRI), up 3.3%, and Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL), up 2.9%.

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ACE Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of insurance and reinsurance products to insureds worldwide. ACE has a market cap of $29.09 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate ACE a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates ACE as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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