Hiscox (HSX) Competitors

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

Is HSX or ADM a better dividend stock?

Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hiscox pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Admiral Group pays out 66.4% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HSX or ADM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hiscox	£4.60B	1.20	£876.88M	£162.97	7.89
Admiral Group	£4.54B	2.24	£400.40M	£131.05	25.38

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HSX or ADM?

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

Does the media prefer HSX or ADM?

In the previous week, Admiral Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hiscox. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Admiral Group and 3 mentions for Hiscox. Admiral Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Hiscox's score of 0.66 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hiscox	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Admiral Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate HSX or ADM?

Hiscox presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,403.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Hiscox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Hiscox is more favorable than Admiral Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hiscox	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Admiral Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HSX or ADM more profitable?

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
Hiscox	19.07%	21.64%	4.09%
Admiral Group	8.82%	38.14%	4.96%

Which has more risk and volatility, HSX or ADM?

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

Summary

Hiscox beats Admiral Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.