LON:HSXHiscox 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. Since then, HSX stock has decreased by 29.0% and is now trading at GBX 800.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hiscox in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Hiscox.

Hiscox is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hiscox.

Hiscox announced a dividend on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders 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 an increase from Hiscox's previous dividend of GBX 0.14. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Hiscox's dividend history.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Hiscox's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 725 to GBX 1,600. On average, they expect Hiscox's stock price to reach GBX 1,117.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 39.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hiscox.

Media coverage about HSX stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hiscox earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Hiscox.

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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 800.60.

Hiscox has a market capitalization of £2.77 billion and generates £2.91 billion in revenue each year. Hiscox employs 3,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Hiscox is 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.