Hiscox (HSX) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hiscox is a global, specialty insurer, listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda. We have grown from our roots as a niche Lloyd’s of London underwriter into a diversified international insurance group operating across direct‑to‑consumer, broker and partner‑distributed retail insurance; large and complex commercial insurance; reinsurance and insurance‑linked strategies. We currently employ over 3,000 people worldwide across 13 countries and 31 offices. We have a distinctive brand, energised and ambitious teams, a strong balance sheet, and plenty of room to grow in each of our chosen markets and lines of business.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 1,625.46 to 1,652
• 50-Day Range: 1,450 to 1,628
• 52-Week Range: 1,162 to 1,652
• Volume: 620,042 shs
• Average Volume: 13.93 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £5.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.37
• Dividend Yield: 2.31%
• Price Target: GBX 1,645.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Hiscox Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hiscox scored higher than 37% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Hiscox has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Hiscox is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hiscox has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hiscox is 9.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hiscox is 9.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Hiscox, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hiscox has a P/B Ratio of 1.72. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HSX.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hiscox pays a meaningful dividend of 2.31%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hiscox does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hiscox is 25.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.56

News Sentiment

Hiscox has a news sentiment score of 0.56. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.90 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Hiscox this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hiscox insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.62% of the stock of Hiscox is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.92% of the stock of Hiscox is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Property & Casualty
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:HSX
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hiscox.com
• Phone: +1-441-2788300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hiscox: GBX 1,645.17
• High Price Target: GBX 1,900
• Low Price Target: GBX 1,148
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 175
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.55
• P/E Growth: -2.3
• Net Income: £876.88 million
• Net Margins: 12.36%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 15.63%
• Return on Assets: 4.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 21.09
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: 0.10

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £3.95 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.33
• Cash Flow: GBX 495.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.31
• Book Value: GBX 950.84 per share
• Price / Book: 1.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 321,393,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £5.27 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.37