Hiscox Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: BMG4593F1389
  • LON: HSX
GBP
19.04
-0.39 (-2.01%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Prudential Plc
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Hiscox Ltd.
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Saga Plc
Sabre Insurance Group Plc

Why is Hiscox Ltd. ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 10.57%
  • Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 12.07% and Operating profit at 19.64%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 10.57% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 12.07% and Operating profit at 19.64%
3
Flat results in Jun 26
  • OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Lowest at GBP 204.81 MM
  • OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q) Lowest at 10.78 %
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) Lowest at GBP 178.79 MM
4
With ROE of 15.56%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.98 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 43.81%, its profits have fallen by -6.8%
5
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 43.81% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hiscox Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Insurance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Hiscox Ltd. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Hiscox Ltd.
43.81%
2.80
24.55%
FTSE 100
16.06%
1.36
11.82%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
12.07%
EBIT Growth (5y)
19.64%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.05
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
11.46
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.18
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.18
Tax Ratio
8.02%
Dividend Payout Ratio
27.30%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.02%
ROCE (avg)
0.40%
ROE (avg)
10.57%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.98
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
116.27
EV to Capital Employed
1.99
EV to Sales
1.43
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
1.07%
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
15.56%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
Bearish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 587.15 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 0

-3What is not working for the Company
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 204.81 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 10.78 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 178.79 MM

Here's what is working for Hiscox Ltd.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 587.15 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 0
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Hiscox Ltd.

Operating Profit
Lowest at GBP 204.81 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 10.78 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at GBP 178.79 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

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