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Hiscox (HSX) Competitors

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GBX 1,249 +8.00 (+0.64%)
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HSX vs. ADM, RSA, DLG, HSTG, HUW, PGH, FBH, AV, AIBG, and LGEN

Should you be buying Hiscox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hiscox include Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Helios Underwriting (HUW), Personal Group (PGH), FBD (FBH), Aviva (AV), AIB Group (AIBG), and Legal & General Group (LGEN).

Hiscox vs. Its Competitors

Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Hiscox (LON:HSX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

60.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Hiscox shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hiscox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hiscox has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Admiral Group's net margin of 8.82%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 38.14% beat Hiscox's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Admiral Group8.82% 38.14% 4.96%
Hiscox 19.07%21.64%4.09%

Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Admiral Group pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hiscox pays out 18.4% 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.

Hiscox has a consensus price target of GBX 1,455, indicating a potential upside of 16.49%. Given Hiscox's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hiscox is more favorable than Admiral Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Admiral Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hiscox
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Admiral Group£4.54B2.21£400.40M£131.0525.03
Hiscox£4.60B1.17£876.88M£162.977.66

In the previous week, Hiscox had 1 more articles in the media than Admiral Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hiscox and 2 mentions for Admiral Group. Admiral Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Hiscox's score of 0.20 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Admiral Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hiscox
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Admiral Group has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hiscox has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hiscox beats Admiral Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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HSX vs. The Competition

MetricHiscoxInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.38B£15.36B£6.14B£2.97B
Dividend Yield3.09%4.51%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.6613.6312.96151.20
Price / Sales1.17100.881,743.99252,273.63
Price / Cash3.315.14128.3627.97
Price / Book1.313.011.914.55
Net Income£876.88M£914.48M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.30%1.45%0.97%1.80%
1 Month Performance-5.24%2.21%3.26%4.52%
1 Year Performance0.81%29.38%16.51%79.93%

Hiscox Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSX
Hiscox
2.1987 of 5 stars
GBX 1,249
+0.6%
GBX 1,455
+16.5%
-2.1%£5.38B£4.60B7.663,000Gap Up
ADM
Admiral Group
1.1178 of 5 stars
GBX 3,254.75
-0.5%
N/A+26.8%£9.96B£4.54B24.8442,000News Coverage
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
DLG
Direct Line Insurance Group
N/AGBX 305
-0.5%
GBX 227.50
-25.4%
+56.8%£3.96B£3.00B16.1110,131High Trading Volume
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
HUW
Helios Underwriting
0.8848 of 5 stars
GBX 222.80
-1.4%
GBX 239
+7.3%
+31.0%£160.04M£247.79M9.343Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PGH
Personal Group
1.5925 of 5 stars
GBX 296
-0.7%
GBX 262.50
-11.3%
+72.9%£91.24M£33.69M19.86259News Coverage
FBH
FBD
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.26M£422.78M6.82950
AV
Aviva
1.2429 of 5 stars
GBX 619.20
-0.3%
GBX 592.50
-4.3%
+30.8%£16.64B£37.44B12.7626,382High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 582
-3.0%
N/A+36.5%£16.26B£5.27B7.9510,551
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.7165 of 5 stars
GBX 255.52
+0.4%
GBX 268.33
+5.0%
+7.8%£14.98B£47.90B47.1711,956Positive News

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This page (LON:HSX) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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