Hiscox Ltd HSX
Dividend Summary
The next Hiscox Ltd dividend is expected to go ex in 4 months and to be paid in 5 months.
The previous Hiscox Ltd dividend was 11.28p and it went ex over 1 year ago and it was paid over 1 year ago.
There are typically 2 dividends per year (excluding specials), and the dividend cover is approximately 2.5.
Latest Dividends
| Summary | Previous dividend | Next dividend |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Paid | Forecast |
| Type | Interim | Interim |
| Per share | 11.28p (13.75c) | Sign Up Required |
| Declaration date | 29 Jul 2019 (Mon) | – |
| Ex-div date | 08 Aug 2019 (Thu) | 05 Aug 2021 (Thu) |
| Pay date | 11 Sep 2019 (Wed) | 06 Sep 2021 (Mon) |
Enter the number of Hiscox Ltd shares you hold and we'll calculate your dividend payments:
Previous Payment
£11.28 ($13.75)
Paid on 11 Sep 2019 (Wed)
Free Email Notification
Sign up for Hiscox Ltd and we'll email you the dividend information when they declare.
Add Hiscox Ltd to receive free notifications when they declare their dividends.
Your account is set up to receive Hiscox Ltd notifications.
The table below shows the full dividend history for Hiscox Ltd
| Status | Type | Decl. date | Ex-div date | Pay date | Decl. Currency | Forecast amount | Decl. amount | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast | Final | – | 11 May 2023 | 07 Jun 2023 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | – | 04 Aug 2022 | 05 Sep 2022 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | – | 12 May 2022 | 08 Jun 2022 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | – | 05 Aug 2021 | 06 Sep 2021 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Paid | Interim | 29 Jul 2019 | 08 Aug 2019 | 11 Sep 2019 | USD | 13.75c | 13.75c | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 25 Feb 2019 | 09 May 2019 | 12 Jun 2019 | USD | 28c | 28.6c | 😃 |
| Paid | Interim | 30 Jul 2018 | 09 Aug 2018 | 11 Sep 2018 | USD | 9.6p | 13.25c | 😞 |
| Paid | Final | 26 Feb 2018 | 10 May 2018 | 12 Jun 2018 | GBP | 21p | 19.5p | 😊 |
| Paid | Interim | 31 Jul 2017 | 10 Aug 2017 | 13 Sep 2017 | GBP | 9p | 9.5p | 😊 |
| Paid | Final | 27 Feb 2017 | 11 May 2017 | 20 Jun 2017 | GBP | — | 19p | |
| Paid | Interim | 25 Jul 2016 | 04 Aug 2016 | 09 Sep 2016 | GBP | 8.6p | 8.5p | 😃 |
| Paid | Special | 29 Feb 2016 | 10 Mar 2016 | 07 Apr 2016 | GBP | — | 16p | |
| Paid | Final | 29 Feb 2016 | 10 Mar 2016 | 07 Apr 2016 | GBP | — | 16p | |
| Paid | Interim | 27 Jul 2015 | 06 Aug 2015 | 16 Sep 2015 | GBP | — | 8p | |
| Paid | Special | 03 Mar 2015 | 26 Mar 2015 | 02 Apr 2015 | GBP | — | 60p | |
| Paid | Final | 02 Mar 2015 | 25 Mar 2015 | 02 Apr 2015 | GBP | — | 15p | |
| Paid | Final | 28 Jul 2014 | 06 Aug 2014 | 17 Sep 2014 | GBP | — | 7.5p | |
| Paid | Special | 24 Feb 2014 | 19 Mar 2014 | 09 Apr 2014 | GBP | — | 50p | |
| Paid | Final | 24 Feb 2014 | 12 Mar 2014 | 09 Apr 2014 | GBP | — | 14p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 08 Aug 2013 | 18 Sep 2013 | GBP | — | 7p | |
| Paid | Special | 26 Feb 2013 | 02 Apr 2013 | 26 Apr 2013 | GBP | — | 50p | |
| Paid | Final | 25 Feb 2013 | 27 Mar 2013 | 03 May 2013 | GBP | — | 12p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 09 Aug 2012 | 19 Sep 2012 | GBP | — | 6p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 10 Aug 2011 | 21 Sep 2011 | GBP | — | 5.1p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 11 May 2011 | 21 Jun 2011 | GBP | — | 11.5p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 01 Sep 2010 | 28 Sep 2010 | GBP | — | 5p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2009 | 31 Dec 2009 | GBP | — | 15p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2008 | 31 Dec 2008 | GBP | — | 12.75p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2007 | 31 Dec 2007 | GBP | — | 12p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | GBP | — | 10p |
| Year | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10.0p | — |
| 2007 | 12.0p | 20.0% |
| 2008 | 12.75p | 6.3% |
| 2009 | 15.0p | 17.6% |
| 2010 | 16.5p | 10.0% |
| 2011 | 5.1p | -69.1% |
| 2012 | 18.0p | 252.9% |
| 2013 | 21.0p | 16.7% |
| 2014 | 22.5p | 7.1% |
| 2015 | 24.0p | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 27.5p | 14.6% |
| 2017 | 29.0p | 5.5% |
| 2018 | 32.91p | 13.5% |
| 2019 | 11.28p | -65.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0p | -100.0% |
| 2021 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2022 | Sign Up Required | |
Hiscox Ltd Optimized Dividend Chart
The chart below shows the optimized dividends for this security over a rolling 12-month period.
- Dividend Yield Today
- 2.0%
- Optimized Yield
- Sign Up Required
- 52 Week High
- 5.3% on 28 February 2021
- 52 Week Low
- 2.1% on 08 March 2021
- Next Ex-Div-Date Countdown
- Sign Up Required
About Hiscox Ltd
Hiscox is a specialist insurer, providing insurance to individuals and businesses around the world. The group looks to insure unusual and complicated risks, such as terrorism and fine art, as well as providing upmarket home insurance.
Hiscox dividends
Hiscox has a very good track record of increasing the dividend.
- Sector
- Nonlife Insurance
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Share Price
- £8.55 (yesterday's closing price)
- Shares in Issue
- 387 million
- Market Cap
- £3.3bn
- 2.5
- 0
- Market Indices
- STOXX600, FTSE 350, FTSE 250, CBOE 250, CBOE 350
- Dividend History URL
- Sign Up Required
- Financial Calendar URL
- Sign Up Required
- Investor Relations URL
- Sign Up Required
- Home Page URL
- https://www.hiscox.co.uk/
Hiscox announce a full year dividend up by 3.5% to 29.6 cents, in line with the Group's progressive dividend policy
The Hiscox Board has declared a final dividend of 29.6¢ per share to be paid on 10 June 2020 to shareholders registered on 15 May 2020 taking the total ordinary dividend per share for the year to 43.35¢ (2018: 41.85¢). The dividends will be paid in Sterling unless shareholders elect to be paid in US Dollars. The foreign exchange rate at which future dividends declared in US Dollars will be calculated is based on the average exchange rate in the five business days prior to the scrip dividend price being determined. On this occasion, the period will be between 26 May 2020 to 1 June 2020 inclusive.
Hiscox increases dividend by 3.8%
Hiscox has increased its dividend to 13.75c per share, a 3.8% increase.
Possible effects of the tax treatment of dividends from April 2016
The Telegraph online declared ‘Budget 2015 – Investors face tax raid on dividends’. Whilst this is true for those with large income portfolios, not everybody loses out and in fact those who do not currently invest in stocks and shares, there is now a tax incentive to do so.