ADM vs. BGS, THS, MED, FLO, 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), Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc (MED.L) (MED), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
60.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Admiral Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,852.50, indicating a potential downside of 21.03%. Given Admiral Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Admiral Group is more favorable than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon.
Admiral Group has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Admiral Group has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Admiral Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Admiral Group had 4 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Admiral Group and 1 mentions for Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Admiral Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Admiral Group pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out -5.1% 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.
Summary
Admiral Group beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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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This page (LON:ADM) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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