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DIISY (Direct Line Insurance Group) Dividend Yield % : 2.45% (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Direct Line Insurance Group Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-15), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Direct Line Insurance Group is 2.45%.

Warning Sign:

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

DIISY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.2   Med: 4.79   Max: 16.7
Current: 2.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Direct Line Insurance Group was 16.70%. The lowest was 2.20%. And the median was 4.79%.

DIISY's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
70.32% of 401 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.74 vs DIISY: 2.45

Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was 1.05.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Direct Line Insurance Group was 0.77. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.57.

As of today (2024-12-15), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Direct Line Insurance Group is 2.45%.

Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was $0.20.

During the past 12 months, Direct Line Insurance Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -47.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Direct Line Insurance Group was 14.60% per year. The lowest was -23.50% per year. And the median was 2.70% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Direct Line Insurance Group Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Chart

Direct Line Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.03 6.82 8.17 10.29 -

Direct Line Insurance Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
Dividend Yield % 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 9.29 10.29 5.04 - 2.00

Competitive Comparison of Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend Yield %

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

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Direct Line Insurance Group Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Direct Line Insurance Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1046142024-09-162024-09-162024-10-25Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2024722024-04-042024-04-052024-05-31Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Direct Line Insurance Group's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.307086/12.53
=2.45 %

Current Share Price is $12.53.
Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.307086.

Direct Line Insurance Group's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.209228/12.53
=1.67 %

Current Share Price is $12.53.
Direct Line Insurance Group's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.104614 * 2 = $0.209228.

* 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  (OTCPK:DIISY) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Direct Line Insurance Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Westmoreland Road, Churchill Court, Bromley, Kent, GBR, BR1 1DP
Direct Line is one of the more focused insurers that we cover. The business sells personal lines insurance in four divisions: personal lines motor, personal lines home, rescue and other personal lines, and commercial. Rescue and other personal lines include rescue, travel and pet insurance. Commercial insurance is sold to small businesses and Direct Line agreed to the sale of its commercial broking business. Direct Line only sells insurance in the United Kingdom. Its personal motor insurance division typically accounts for around 60% of 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 10%.