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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Direct Line Insurance Group has a consensus price target of GBX 216.67, suggesting a potential downside of 20.81%. 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.
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.
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.
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 2.2%. 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 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.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Admiral Group had 3 more articles in the media than Direct Line Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Admiral Group and 1 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group. Admiral Group's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Direct Line Insurance Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Admiral Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Admiral Group beats Direct Line Insurance Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DLG) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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