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Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG) Competitors

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GBX 285.20 -1.40 (-0.49%)
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DLG vs. ADM, RSA, HSX, HSTG, HUW, PGH, FBH, LGEN, AIBG, and SMT

Should you be buying Direct Line Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Direct Line Insurance Group include Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Hiscox (HSX), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), Helios Underwriting (HUW), Personal Group (PGH), FBD (FBH), Legal & General Group (LGEN), AIB Group (AIBG), and Scottish Mortgage (SMT).

Direct Line Insurance Group vs.

Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Direct Line Insurance Group (LON:DLG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

60.3% of Admiral Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 103.4% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Admiral Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Direct Line Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Admiral Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group and 2 mentions for Admiral Group. Direct Line Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Admiral Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Direct Line Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Admiral Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Direct Line Insurance Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Admiral Group has higher revenue and earnings than Direct Line Insurance Group. Direct Line Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Admiral Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Admiral Group£4.54B2.20£400.40M£131.0524.89
Direct Line Insurance Group£3.00B1.23£245.33M£18.9315.07

Direct Line Insurance Group received 438 more outperform votes than Admiral Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.67% of users gave Direct Line Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 37.74% of users gave Admiral Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Admiral GroupOutperform Votes
291
37.74%
Underperform Votes
480
62.26%
Direct Line Insurance GroupOutperform Votes
729
63.67%
Underperform Votes
416
36.33%

Admiral Group has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Direct Line Insurance Group's net margin of 8.18%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 38.14% beat Direct Line Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Admiral Group8.82% 38.14% 4.96%
Direct Line Insurance Group 8.18%12.96%0.85%

Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Direct Line Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Admiral Group pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Direct Line Insurance Group pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Admiral Group has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Direct Line Insurance Group has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Direct Line Insurance Group has a consensus price target of GBX 216.67, indicating a potential downside of 24.03%. Given Direct Line Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Direct Line Insurance Group is more favorable than Admiral Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Admiral Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Direct Line Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Admiral Group and Direct Line Insurance Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DLG vs. The Competition

MetricDirect Line Insurance GroupInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.70B£14.40B£3.85B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.25%4.41%4.21%4.97%
P/E Ratio15.0712.7513.03133.24
Price / Sales1.2394.261,737.17232,001.44
Price / Cash3.625.1450.3828.14
Price / Book1.962.863.414.59
Net Income£245.33M£914.48M£1.24B£5.84B
7 Day Performance2.00%1.92%0.99%3.02%
1 Month Performance1.53%2.72%13.43%10.16%
1 Year Performance53.75%23.86%12.72%117.48%

Direct Line Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLG
Direct Line Insurance Group
1.4887 of 5 stars
GBX 285.20
-0.5%
GBX 216.67
-24.0%
+55.3%£3.70B£3.00B15.0710,131News Coverage
Positive News
ADM
Admiral Group
0.7187 of 5 stars
GBX 3,230
+0.7%
N/A+20.5%£9.88B£4.54B24.6542,000
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
HSX
Hiscox
1.5957 of 5 stars
GBX 1,098
-1.2%
GBX 1,237.50
+12.7%
-8.9%£4.73B£4.60B6.743,000News Coverage
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
HUW
Helios Underwriting
1.7161 of 5 stars
GBX 224
+1.8%
GBX 239
+6.7%
+26.2%£160.90M£247.79M9.393Positive News
PGH
Personal Group
1.5218 of 5 stars
GBX 254.94
+2.8%
GBX 262.50
+3.0%
+56.9%£78.59M£33.69M17.10259Insider Trade
FBH
FBD
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.26M£422.78M6.82950
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.2825 of 5 stars
GBX 237.90
+0.1%
GBX 267
+12.2%
+0.2%£13.94B£47.90B43.9211,956Insider Trade
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 494
+2.1%
N/A+23.0%£13.80B£5.27B6.7510,551News Coverage
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.3906 of 5 stars
GBX 897.60
-0.6%
N/A+10.6%£10.98B£1.26B9.21N/A

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