Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ADM or DLG?

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

Do analysts prefer ADM or DLG?

Direct Line Insurance Group has a consensus price target of GBX 216.67, indicating a potential downside of 27.92%. Given Direct Line Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Is ADM or DLG a better dividend stock?

Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Direct Line Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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.

Is ADM or DLG more profitable?

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 Group	8.82%	38.14%	4.96%
Direct Line Insurance Group	8.18%	12.96%	0.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADM or DLG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Admiral Group	Outperform Votes 291 37.74%	Underperform Votes 480 62.26%
Direct Line Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 729 63.67%	Underperform Votes 416 36.33%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ADM or DLG?

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

Does the media prefer ADM or DLG?

In the previous week, Direct Line Insurance Group had 3 more articles in the media than Admiral Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group and 1 mentions for Admiral Group. Admiral Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Direct Line Insurance Group's score of -0.02 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Admiral Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Direct Line Insurance Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, ADM or DLG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Admiral Group	£4.54B	2.25	£400.40M	£131.05	25.50
Direct Line Insurance Group	£3.00B	1.30	£245.33M	£18.93	15.88

Summary

Admiral Group beats Direct Line Insurance Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.