Direct Line (UK) Today
| DLG Stock | 277.80 4.40 1.56% |
PerformanceGood
| Odds Of DistressLow
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Direct Line is trading at 277.80 as of the 22nd of March 2025, a 1.56 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 277.8. Direct Line has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years and had a good performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 22nd of December 2024 and ending today, the 22nd of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Insurance | Category Financial Services | Classification Financials |
Direct Line is entity of United Kingdom. It is traded as Stock on LSE exchange. The company has 1.3 B outstanding shares. More on Direct Line Insurance
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ESG Sustainability
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| CEO Director | Penelope ACA | ||||
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| Business Concentration | Property & Casualty Insurance, Insurance - Property & Casualty, Financial Services, Insurance Providers, Banks, Financials, Insurance, Insurance-Diversified, Financial Services (View all Sectors) | ||||
Direct Line's financial strength is of vital concern to both outside investors and internal stakeholders. Efficiency and cost control are keys to Direct Line's success, along with its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to pay bills, repay debt, and make a consistent year-to-year profit. | |||||
Debt LevelsDirect Line can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Direct Line's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Direct Line's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Direct Line Insurance (DLG) is traded on London Exchange in UK and employs 9,053 people. Direct Line is listed under Property & Casualty Insurance category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 3.67 B. Market capitalization usually refers to the total value of a company's stock within the entire market. To calculate Direct Line's market, we take the total number of its shares issued and multiply it by Direct Line's current market price. To manage market risk and economic uncertainty, many investors today build portfolios that are diversified across equities with different market capitalizations. However, as a general rule, conservative investors tend to hold large-cap stocks, and those looking for more risk prefer small-cap and mid-cap equities. Direct Line Insurance operates under Insurance sector and is part of Financials industry. The entity has 1.3 B outstanding shares.
Direct Line generates positive cash flow from operations, but has no cash available
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Ownership AllocationDirect Line Insurance retains a total of 1.3 Billion outstanding shares. The majority of Direct Line Insurance outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to obtain positions in Direct Line Insurance to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Direct Line. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Direct Line Insurance as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Note that regardless of who owns the company, if the true value of the entity is less than the market is willing to pay for it, you may not be able to generate positive returns over time.
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Direct Line Insurance Risk Profiles
Although Direct Line's alpha and beta are two of the key measurements used to evaluate Direct Line's performance over the market, the standard measures of volatility play an important role as well.
| Mean Deviation | 0.6493 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 0.2776 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 0.9093 | |||
| Variance | 0.8268 |
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Direct Line Corporate Directors
| Paul Smith | Director Relations | Profile | |
| Jane Poole | Group Director | Profile | |
| Neil Manser | CFO Director | Profile | |
| Jonathan Greenwood | Chief Director | Profile |
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