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