LON:DLGDirect Line Insurance Group Share Price, Forecast & News

Direct Line Insurance Group's stock was trading at GBX 294 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DLG shares have decreased by 7.1% and is now trading at GBX 273. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Direct Line Insurance Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Direct Line Insurance Group.

Direct Line Insurance Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Direct Line Insurance Group.

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLG) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The company reported $16.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $14.20 by $2.50. View Direct Line Insurance Group's earnings history.

Direct Line Insurance Group announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of GBX 14.40 per share on Thursday, May 21st. This represents a yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This is a positive change from Direct Line Insurance Group's previous dividend of GBX 7.20. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Direct Line Insurance Group's dividend history.

13 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Direct Line Insurance Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 280 to GBX 375. On average, they expect Direct Line Insurance Group's share price to reach GBX 328.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Direct Line Insurance Group.

Media stories about DLG stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Direct Line Insurance Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Direct Line Insurance Group.

Some companies that are related to Direct Line Insurance Group include Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Aviva (AV), Hiscox (HSX), E-L Financial (ELF), Personal Group (PGH), Echelon Financial (EFH), Helios Underwriting (HUW), FBD (FBH), Assicurazioni Generali (G), AXA (CS) and Esure (ESUR). View all competitors.

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Direct Line Insurance Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "DLG."

Shares of DLG and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of DLG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 273.

Direct Line Insurance Group has a market capitalization of £3.73 billion and generates £3.31 billion in revenue each year. Direct Line Insurance Group employs 11,229 workers across the globe.

The official website for Direct Line Insurance Group is www.directlinegroup.com.

Direct Line Insurance Group's mailing address is Churchill Court, Westmoreland Road, BROMLEY, BR1 1DP, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-113-2920667.