LON:HSX - Hiscox Share Price, Forecast & News

Hiscox's stock was trading at GBX 1,127 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HSX stock has decreased by 20.2% and is now trading at GBX 899.20. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hiscox in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Hiscox.

Hiscox declared a dividend on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th will be given a dividend of GBX 0.30 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This is a boost from Hiscox's previous dividend of $0.14. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Hiscox's dividend history.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Hiscox's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 1,010 to GBX 1,600. On average, they anticipate Hiscox's share price to reach GBX 1,314.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hiscox.

Media headlines about HSX stock have been trending very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hiscox earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutHiscox.

Some companies that are related to Hiscox include Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), E-L Financial (ELF), Personal Group (PGH), Echelon Financial (EFH), Helios Underwriting (HUW), FBD (FBH), Assicurazioni Generali (G), AXA (CS) and Esure (ESUR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hiscox investors own include Anglo American (AAL), Hastings Group (HSTG), Renishaw (RSW), Spirent Communications (SPT), Rotork (ROR), Anglo American (NGLOY), Polar Capital (POLR), Hiscox (HCXLF), Diamondcorp (DCP) and Discoverie Group (DSCV).

Hiscox trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "HSX."

Shares of HSX and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of HSX stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 899.20.

Hiscox has a market capitalization of £2.56 billion and generates £2.91 billion in revenue each year. Hiscox employs 3,300 workers across the globe. View additional information about Hiscox.

The official website for Hiscox is http://www.hiscox.com/.

Hiscox's mailing address is 4th Floor, Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, HAMILTON, HM 12, Bermuda. The company can be reached via phone at +1-441-2788300.