DLG vs. ADM, RSA, HSX, HSTG, HUW, PGH, FBH, PSH, ICP, and FCIT
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), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), and F&C Investment Trust (FCIT).
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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Admiral Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,620.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.60%. Direct Line Insurance Group has a consensus target price of GBX 217.25, indicating a potential upside of 40.71%. 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.
Admiral Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Direct Line Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Admiral Group pays out 6,641.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Direct Line Insurance Group pays out 2,608.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Direct Line Insurance Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, Admiral Group had 2 more articles in the media than Direct Line Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Admiral Group and 0 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group. Direct Line Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Admiral Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Direct Line Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Admiral Group has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Direct Line Insurance Group's net margin of 9.44%. Admiral Group's return on equity of 39.27% beat Direct Line Insurance Group's return on equity.
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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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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This page (LON:DLG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
