ADM vs. BGS, THS, FLO, MED, PPC, DAR, BG, AFRI, FREE, and RSA
Should you be buying Admiral Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Admiral Group include Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), Tharisa (THS), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc (MED.L) (MED), President Energy (PPC), Dar Global (DAR), 16222865 (BG.L) (BG), AFRI.L (AFRI), FreeAgent (FREE), and RSA Insurance Group (RSA).
Admiral Group vs. Its Competitors
Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Admiral Group has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Admiral Group had 1 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Admiral Group and 1 mentions for Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Admiral Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a net margin of 101.98% compared to Admiral Group's net margin of 8.82%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 38.14% beat Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's return on equity.
47.6% of Admiral Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Admiral Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Admiral Group has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Admiral Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Admiral Group pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Admiral Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,752, indicating a potential downside of 16.15%. Given Admiral Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Admiral Group is more favorable than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon.
Summary
Admiral Group beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ADM) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
