HSX vs. DLG, ADM, HL, BEZ, PCT, INVP, ATST, UKW, MNG, and 3IN
Should you be buying Hiscox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hiscox include Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Admiral Group (ADM), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Beazley (BEZ), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Investec Group (INVP), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), M&G (MNG), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Hiscox (LON:HSX) and Direct Line Insurance Group (LON:DLG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Hiscox currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,215, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Direct Line Insurance Group has a consensus target price of GBX 212.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.84%. Given Direct Line Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Direct Line Insurance Group is more favorable than Hiscox.
Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Direct Line Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hiscox pays out 1,863.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Direct Line Insurance Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Hiscox has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Direct Line Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hiscox has higher revenue and earnings than Direct Line Insurance Group. Hiscox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Direct Line Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Direct Line Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hiscox. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Hiscox. Direct Line Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Hiscox's score of 0.00 indicating that Direct Line Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Direct Line Insurance Group received 345 more outperform votes than Hiscox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.75% of users gave Direct Line Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Hiscox an outperform vote.
Hiscox has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Direct Line Insurance Group's net margin of 6.81%. Hiscox's return on equity of 24.01% beat Direct Line Insurance Group's return on equity.
75.0% of Hiscox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Hiscox shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hiscox and Direct Line Insurance Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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