DLG vs. ABDN, HICL, JGGI, MNKS, STJ, IIG, INPP, BGEO, BUR, and PHLL
Should you be buying Direct Line Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Direct Line Insurance Group include abrdn (ABDN), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Monks (MNKS), St. James's Place (STJ), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Burford Capital (BUR), and Petershill Partners (PHLL). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Direct Line Insurance Group (LON:DLG) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Direct Line Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group and 2 mentions for abrdn. Direct Line Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat abrdn's score of 0.64 indicating that Direct Line Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Direct Line Insurance Group received 721 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.75% of users gave Direct Line Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 13.21% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.
112.4% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Direct Line Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn.
Direct Line Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more 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 4.4%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. 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.
Direct Line Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 212.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.12%. Given Direct Line Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Direct Line Insurance Group is more favorable than abrdn.
Direct Line Insurance Group has a net margin of 6.81% compared to abrdn's net margin of 0.07%. Direct Line Insurance Group's return on equity of 9.70% beat abrdn's return on equity.
Summary
Direct Line Insurance Group beats abrdn on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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