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Direct Line Insurance Group (LSE:DLG) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.65 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Direct Line Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-01), Direct Line Insurance Group's current share price is £1.858. Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was £2.88. Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.65.

The historical rank and industry rank for Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:DLG' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 0.93   Max: 1.21
Current: 0.64

During the past 13 years, Direct Line Insurance Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.21. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 0.93.

LSE:DLG's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
67.41% of 405 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.98 vs LSE:DLG: 0.64

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Direct Line Insurance Group's adjusted revenue per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was £2.931. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is £2.88 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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Direct Line Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Direct Line Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Direct Line Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.04 1.15 1.02 0.79 0.63

Direct Line Insurance Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.02 - 0.79 - 0.63

Competitive Comparison of Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Direct Line Insurance Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=1.858/2.88
=0.65

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Direct Line Insurance Group's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, Direct Line Insurance Group's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=2.931/130.0000*130.0000
=2.931

Current CPI (Dec23) = 130.0000.

Direct Line Insurance Group Annual Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201412 2.415 99.900 3.143
201512 2.242 100.400 2.903
201612 2.422 102.200 3.081
201712 2.521 105.000 3.121
201812 2.469 107.100 2.997
201912 2.374 108.500 2.844
202012 2.329 109.400 2.768
202112 2.381 114.700 2.699
202212 2.247 125.300 2.331
202312 2.931 130.000 2.931

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Direct Line Insurance Group  (LSE:DLG) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Direct Line Insurance Group (LSE:DLG) Business Description

Address
Westmoreland Road, Churchill Court, Bromley, Kent, GBR, BR1 1DP
While Direct Line is one of the more focused personal lines insurers that we cover in Europe, it is still quite diversified. The business sells insurance under four divisions and those are personal lines motor, personal lines home, rescue and other personal lines, and commercial. Rescue and other personal lines include rescue, travel and pet insurance, and commercial insurance is sold to small and medium sized enterprises. Direct Line only sells insurance in United Kingdom. Direct Lines personal motor insurance division typically accounts for around 50% of total group gross written premium and the personal home insurance unit typically sells around 20%. Rescue and other personal lines account for around 10% and commercial insurance accounts for around 20%.

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