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Direct Line Insurance Group (STU:D1LN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 28.17% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Direct Line Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Direct Line Insurance Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,155 Mil. Direct Line Insurance Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €338 Mil. Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 28.17%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

STU:D1LN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.9   Med: 13.4   Max: 36.3
Current: 23.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Direct Line Insurance Group was 36.30%. The lowest was -23.90%. And the median was 13.40%.

STU:D1LN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
84.71% of 497 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 6.09 vs STU:D1LN: 23.01

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Direct Line Insurance Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -8.75%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Direct Line Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Direct Line Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Direct Line Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.10 12.63 14.14 -12.20 28.17

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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 14.14 - -12.20 - 28.17

Competitive Comparison of Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Direct Line Insurance Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Direct Line Insurance Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Direct Line Insurance Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=338.594/1154.8375
=29.32 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Direct Line Insurance Group  (STU:D1LN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Direct Line Insurance Group (STU:D1LN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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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