LON:DLG - Direct Line Insurance Group Share Price, Forecast & News

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

Direct Line Insurance Group declared a dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 8th will be given a dividend of GBX 7.20 per share on Friday, September 6th. This represents a yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend History.

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 1st. The company reported $16.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $14.20 by $2.50. View Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings History.

Direct Line Insurance Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Direct Line Insurance Group.

16 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Direct Line Insurance Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 280 to GBX 405. On average, they expect Direct Line Insurance Group's stock price to reach GBX 342.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Direct Line Insurance Group.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Direct Line Insurance Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Direct Line Insurance Group.

News coverage about DLG stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Direct Line Insurance Group earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for 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), FBD (FBH), Personal Group (PGH), Echelon Financial (EFH), Helios Underwriting (HUW), Assicurazioni Generali (G), AXA (CS) and Esure (ESUR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Direct Line Insurance Group investors own include Aviva (AV), 1-800-Flowers.Com (FLWS), BlackBerry (BB), Sports Direct International (SPD), Ally Financial (ALLY), Berry Global Group (BERY), Air Canada (AC), ValiRx (VAL), Boohoo Group (BOO) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY).

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 324.10.

Direct Line Insurance Group has a market capitalization of £4.46 billion and generates £3.33 billion in revenue each year. Direct Line Insurance Group employs 11,229 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Direct Line Insurance Group.

The official website for Direct Line Insurance Group is http://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.