DLG vs. HSX, ADM, MNKS, TRIG, HICL, BUR, JGGI, INPP, STJ, and ABDN Should you be buying Direct Line Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Direct Line Insurance Group include Hiscox (HSX), Admiral Group (ADM), Monks (MNKS), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), International Public Partnerships (INPP), St. James's Place (STJ), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Direct Line Insurance Group (LON:DLG ) and Hiscox (LON:HSX ) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Hiscox has higher revenue and earnings than Direct Line Insurance Group. Hiscox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Direct Line Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Hiscox shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Hiscox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Direct Line Insurance Group received 345 more outperform votes than Hiscox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.75% of users gave Direct Line Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Hiscox an outperform vote.
Direct Line Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hiscox has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Direct Line Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hiscox pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Direct Line Insurance Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hiscox pays out 1,863.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Direct Line Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hiscox. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Hiscox. Direct Line Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Hiscox's score of 0.00 indicating that Direct Line Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Direct Line Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 212.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. Hiscox has a consensus target price of GBX 1,215, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Direct Line Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Direct Line Insurance Group is more favorable than Hiscox.
Hiscox has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Direct Line Insurance Group's net margin of 6.81%. Hiscox's return on equity of 24.01% beat Direct Line Insurance Group's return on equity.
Summary Direct Line Insurance Group and Hiscox tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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