ADM vs. HSX, DLG, PSH, ICP, SDR, FCIT, PHNX, MNG, AIBG, and BEZ
Should you be buying Admiral Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Admiral Group include Hiscox (HSX), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Phoenix Group (PHNX), M&G (MNG), AIB Group (AIBG), and Beazley (BEZ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Hiscox (LON:HSX) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Admiral Group has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hiscox has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hiscox has higher revenue and earnings than Admiral Group. Hiscox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Admiral Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 73 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Admiral Group pays out 6,576.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hiscox pays out 1,863.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Hiscox has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Admiral Group's net margin of 9.63%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 35.88% beat Hiscox's return on equity.
62.9% of Admiral Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Hiscox shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Hiscox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hiscox received 92 more outperform votes than Admiral Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.76% of users gave Hiscox an outperform vote while only 37.74% of users gave Admiral Group an outperform vote.
Admiral Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,620.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. Hiscox has a consensus price target of GBX 1,215, suggesting a potential upside of 4.11%. Given Hiscox's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hiscox is more favorable than Admiral Group.
In the previous week, Admiral Group had 13 more articles in the media than Hiscox. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Admiral Group and 0 mentions for Hiscox. Admiral Group's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Hiscox's score of 0.00 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hiscox beats Admiral Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ADM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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