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| Market Cap | £4.43bn |
| Enterprise Value | £4.02bn |
| Revenue | £3.24bn |
| Position in Universe | 186th / 1800 |
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Direct Line Insurance Group plc is a United Kingdom-based personal and small business general insurer. The principal activity of the Company is managing its investments in subsidiaries, providing loans to those subsidiaries, raising funds for the Group and the receipt and payment of dividends. The Company's operating segments include Motor, Home, Rescue and other personal lines, Commercial and Run-off. The Motor segment consists of personal motor insurance together with the associated legal protection cover. The Home segment consists of home insurance together with associated legal protection cover. The Rescue segment consists of rescue products sold through the Company's own brand, Green Flag, and other personal lines insurance. The Commercial segment consists of commercial insurance for small and medium-size entities. The Run-off segment consists of two principal lines, policies previously written through the personal lines broker channel and Tesco business.
| Last Annual | December 31st, 2019 |
| Last Interim | June 30th, 2020 |
| Incorporated | July 26, 1988 |
| Public Since | October 11, 2012 |
| No. of Shareholders: | n/a |
| No. of Employees: | 10,762 |
| Sector | Financials |
| Industry | Insurance |
| Index | FTSE All Share , FTSE All-share - Financials Price Return Gbp End Of Day, FTSE All-share - Nonlife Insurance Price Return Gbp End Of Day, FTSE Euromid , FTSE 350 Higher Yield , FTSE 350 , FTSE 250 , FTSE 350 Nonlife Insurance , , |
| Exchange | London Stock Exchange (Full) |
| Shares in Issue | 1,353,300,000 |
| Free Float | (0.0%) |
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| Address | Churchill Court Westmoreland Road, BROMLEY, BR1 1DP, United Kingdom |
| Web | https://www.directlinegroup.co.uk/ |
| Phone | +44 113 2920667 |
| Contact | Paul Smith (Director of Investor Relations) |
| Auditors | Deloitte LLP |
As of 1:55pm, shares in Direct Line Insurance are trading at 324.4p, giving the company a market capitalisation of £4.43bn. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Direct Line Insurance are currently trading at 324.4p and the price has moved by 2.13% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength - which takes into account the overall market trend - the Direct Line Insurance price has moved by 13.99% over the past year.
Of the analysts with advisory recommendations for Direct Line Insurance, there are there are currently 3 "buy" , 0 "hold" and 0 "sell" recommendations. The overall consensus recommendation for Direct Line Insurance is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Direct Line Insurance is scheduled to issue upcoming financial results on the following dates:
The Direct Line Insurance dividend yield is 2.26% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Direct Line Insurance paid a total dividend of 0.07, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 2.26%. Looking ahead, Direct Line Insurance has not announced an ex-dividend date yet.
Direct Line Insurance has yet to annouce their ex-dividend date. The historic dividend yield on Direct Line Insurance shares is currently 2.26%.
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Shares in Direct Line Insurance are currently trading at 324.4p, giving the company a market capitalisation of £4.43bn.
Here are the trading details for Direct Line Insurance:
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Shares in Direct Line Insurance are currently priced at 324.4p. At that level they are trading at 8.37% discount to the analyst consensus target price of 354.03.
Analysts covering Direct Line Insurance currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of 0.24871 for the next financial year.
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The Direct Line Insurance PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 10.9. The shares are currently trading at 324.4p.
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Direct Line Insurance's management team is headed by:
Here are the top five shareholders of Direct Line Insurance based on the size of their shareholding:
