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Direct Line Insurance Group (Direct Line Insurance Group) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 9.46 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Direct Line Insurance Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-29), Direct Line Insurance Group's share price is $9.50. Direct Line Insurance Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.00. Hence, Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 9.46.

The historical rank and industry rank for Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

DIISY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.61   Med: 9.93   Max: 17.49
Current: 9.27

During the past 13 years, Direct Line Insurance Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 17.49. The lowest was 2.61. And the median was 9.93.

DIISY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
52.45% of 347 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.62 vs DIISY: 9.27

Direct Line Insurance Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.32. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.00.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Direct Line Insurance Group was -61.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -13.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Direct Line Insurance Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 37.80% per year. The lowest was -28.10% per year. And the median was -4.30% per year.


Direct Line Insurance Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Direct Line Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.70 10.36 12.62 4.25 9.14

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
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 12.62 - 4.25 - 9.14

Competitive Comparison of Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Direct Line Insurance Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Direct Line Insurance Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=9.50/1.004
=9.46

Direct Line Insurance Group's Share Price of today is $9.50.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Direct Line Insurance Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.00.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Direct Line Insurance Group  (OTCPK:DIISY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Direct Line Insurance Group (Direct Line Insurance Group) 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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