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Hiscox (HSX) Competitors

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GBX 1,084 -22.00 (-1.99%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

HSX vs. ADM, RSA, DLG, HSTG, HUW, PGH, FBH, LGEN, SMT, and AV

Should you be buying Hiscox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hiscox include Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Helios Underwriting (HUW), Personal Group (PGH), FBD (FBH), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), and Aviva (AV).

Hiscox vs.

Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Hiscox (LON:HSX) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Hiscox has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Admiral Group's net margin of 9.73%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 39.27% beat Hiscox's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Admiral Group9.73% 39.27% 4.96%
Hiscox 19.07%23.20%4.09%

Hiscox received 92 more outperform votes than Admiral Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.70% of users gave Hiscox an outperform vote while only 37.74% of users gave Admiral Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Admiral GroupOutperform Votes
291
37.74%
Underperform Votes
480
62.26%
HiscoxOutperform Votes
383
47.70%
Underperform Votes
420
52.30%

Admiral Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,961, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Hiscox has a consensus price target of GBX 1,248.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.16%. Given Hiscox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hiscox is more favorable than Admiral Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Admiral Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hiscox
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Hiscox has lower revenue, but higher 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Admiral Group£4.12B1.87£400.90M£1.311,982.44
Hiscox£3.78B0.97£720.80M£1.57690.45

Admiral Group has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hiscox has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Admiral Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hiscox. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Admiral Group and 2 mentions for Hiscox. Admiral Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Hiscox's score of 0.55 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Admiral Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Hiscox
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Admiral Group pays out 6,641.2% 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 1,910.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

60.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Hiscox shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hiscox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hiscox beats Admiral Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HSX vs. The Competition

MetricHiscoxInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.68B£13.53B£3.58B£1.71B
Dividend Yield2.59%4.38%4.47%11.01%
P/E Ratio690.45243.46423.711,661.10
Price / Sales0.9774.862,182.13351,737.49
Price / Cash3.315.2850.8838.50
Price / Book1.112.381.502.83
Net Income£720.80M£986.62M£350.59M£150.98M
7 Day Performance-5.74%-1.77%-1.57%-1.81%
1 Month Performance4.63%3.74%0.72%16.13%
1 Year Performance2.94%18.65%9.93%27.27%

Hiscox Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSX
Hiscox
1.343 of 5 stars
GBX 1,084
-2.0%
GBX 1,248.33
+15.2%
+2.8%£3.68B£3.78B690.453,000
ADM
Admiral Group
1.4465 of 5 stars
GBX 2,632
-0.6%
GBX 2,961
+12.5%
-4.3%£7.80B£4.12B2,020.6142,000Insider Trade
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AGBX 684.20
flat
N/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
DLG
Direct Line Insurance Group
0.5266 of 5 stars
GBX 244.60
-0.9%
GBX 217.25
-11.2%
+27.0%£3.18B£3.38B1,073.0410,131
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AGBX 249.60
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
HUW
Helios Underwriting
0.3651 of 5 stars
GBX 228.64
-3.9%
GBX 239
+4.5%
+56.3%£163.11M£254.34M1,034.783
PGH
Personal Group
2.1741 of 5 stars
GBX 197
-0.8%
GBX 209
+6.1%
+3.6%£61.37M£49.67M1,407.14259News Coverage
FBH
FBD
N/AGBX 12.95
-1.5%
N/A+17.2%£5.26M£422.78M6.82950
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.1958 of 5 stars
GBX 228.80
-1.5%
GBX 276.67
+20.9%
-11.0%£13.36B£12.32B4,644.0011,956Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.0383 of 5 stars
GBX 959.60
-1.3%
N/A+18.3%£13.24B£-712,340,000.00-1,869.62N/A
AV
Aviva
1.449 of 5 stars
GBX 476.20
+1.1%
GBX 555.67
+16.7%
+8.6%£12.67B£22.64B1,035.2226,382High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:HSX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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