ADM vs. HSX, DLG, PSH, ICP, SDR, AIBG, FCIT, PHNX, MNG, and SMT
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), AIB Group (AIBG), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Phoenix Group (PHNX), M&G (MNG), and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Hiscox (LON:HSX) and Admiral Group (LON:ADM) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Hiscox presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,215, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Admiral Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,620.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.02%. Given Admiral Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hiscox is more favorable than Admiral Group.
Hiscox has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Hiscox's net margin of 9.63%. Hiscox's return on equity of 35.88% beat Admiral Group's return on equity.
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.
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.
Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share. Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 73 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hiscox pays out 1,875.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
73.3% of Hiscox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Admiral Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hiscox shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hiscox has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Admiral Group has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hiscox had 1 more articles in the media than Admiral Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hiscox and 6 mentions for Admiral Group. Hiscox's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Admiral Group's score of -0.10 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hiscox beats Admiral Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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