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Hiscox Ltd (HSX) is a publicly traded insurance - property and casualty business based in the UK which employs around 3,000 staff. Hiscox is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and traded in sterling. Its current price of 1,110.00p is 3.5% down on its price a month ago (1,150.00p).
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Alternative ways to invest in Hiscox
Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Hiscox), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
Hiscox is a major part of the London stock exchange, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
| Fund | Icon | 5-year performance (to August 2024) | 1-year performance (to August 2024) | Link to invest |
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| Invesco FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (S250) |  | 18.99% | 10.17% | Invest with HLCapital at risk |
| HSBC FTSE 250 UCITS ETF GBP (HMCX) |  | 3.85% | 6.59% | Invest with XTBCapital at risk |
| iShares FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (MIDD) |  | 3.81% | 6.82% | Invest with eToroCapital at risk |
| Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF Distributing (VMID) |  | 3.47% | 6.98% | Invest with XTBCapital at risk |
| Xtrackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF 1D (XMCX) |  | 1.99% | 5.85% | Invest with XTBCapital at risk |
All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Is it a good time to buy Hiscox stock?
Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.
Technical analysis
View Hiscox's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.
Use our graph to track the performance of HSX stock over time.
Historical closes compared with the last close of 1.00
| 1 week (2024-10-20) | -99.91% |
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| 1 month (2024-09-27) | -99.91% |
| 3 months (2024-07-27) | -99.92% |
| 6 months (2024-04-27) | -99.91% |
| 1 year (2023-10-27) | -99.89% |
| 2 years (2022-10-27) | -99.88% |
| 3 years (2021-10-27) | -99.86% |
| 5 years (2019-10-27) | -99.92% |
The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Is Hiscox under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Hiscox P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.
Hiscox's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 7x. In other words, Hiscox's shares trade at around 7x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United Kingdom stock market as of 09 November, 2023 (10). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Hiscox's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £745.1 million (£0 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of Hiscox's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
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