ADM vs. HSX, PSH, SDR, ICP, AIBG, SMT, FCIT, PHNX, MNG, and BEZ
Should you be buying Admiral Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Admiral Group include Hiscox (HSX), Pershing Square (PSH), Schroders (SDR), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), AIB Group (AIBG), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Phoenix Group (PHNX), M&G (MNG), and Beazley (BEZ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Hiscox (LON:HSX) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 73 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 2.5%. Admiral Group pays out 6,576.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hiscox pays out 1,875.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Admiral Group has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hiscox has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.9% of Admiral Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Hiscox shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hiscox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Admiral Group had 5 more articles in the media than Hiscox. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Admiral Group and 1 mentions for Hiscox. Hiscox's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Admiral Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Hiscox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hiscox has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Admiral Group's net margin of 9.63%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 35.88% beat Hiscox's return on equity.
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.
Hiscox received 92 more outperform votes than Admiral Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.82% of users gave Hiscox an outperform vote while only 37.74% of users gave Admiral Group an outperform vote.
Admiral Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,620.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.98%. Hiscox has a consensus price target of GBX 1,200, indicating a potential downside of 1.40%. Given Hiscox's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hiscox is more favorable than Admiral Group.
Summary
Hiscox beats Admiral Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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