Hiscox

HSX · LSE · GBp

1,861.00 GBpChange from previous close: +0.70%Absolute change: +13.00 GBp

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 4, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
£5.94B
Enterprise value
£5.76B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
13.0
Forward P/E
12.8
PEG
1.09
Price/book
1.99
Price/sales
1.92
EV/EBITDA
9.82
EV/revenue
1.86

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
24.2%
Operating margin
18.4%
Net margin
15.6%
ROE
16.5%
ROA
3.8%
ROIC
14.5%

Financial health

Total cash
£822.97M
Total debt
£637.18M
Debt/equity
0.21
Current ratio
82.7
Quick ratio
34.8
Piotroski F-Score
7.00

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
0.37 GBp
Dividend yield
2.0%
Payout ratio
25.4%
Ex-dividend date
August 13, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
1,976.40 GBp
Analysts with a price target
14
Consensus
Buy

Shares and trading

Beta
0.37
Average volume
1.43M
Shares outstanding
319.37M
Float
318.89M
Institutional ownership
90.2%
Insider ownership
0.1%