Direct Line (Germany) Today
Direct Line is trading at 3.59 as of the 19th of July 2025. This is a No Change since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 3.59. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 20th of April 2025 and ending today, the 19th of July 2025. Click here to learn more.
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Direct Stock Highlights
Most reasonable investors view market volatility as an opportunity to invest at a favorable price or to sell short against a bearish trend. Direct Line's investment highlights are automatically generated signals that are significant enough to either complement your investing judgment regarding Direct Line or challenge it. These highlights can help you better understand the position you are entering and avoid costly mistakes.
| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Business Concentration | Banks, Insurance Providers, Insurance—Diversified, Financial Services (View all Sectors) |
Direct Line Insurance (D1LN) is traded on Frankfurt Exchange in Germany and employs 9,786 people. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 2.59 B. Market capitalization usually refers to the total value of a company's stock within the entire market. To calculate Direct Line's market, we take the total number of its shares issued and multiply it by Direct Line's current market price. To manage market risk and economic uncertainty, many investors today build portfolios that are diversified across equities with different market capitalizations. However, as a general rule, conservative investors tend to hold large-cap stocks, and those looking for more risk prefer small-cap and mid-cap equities. Direct Line Insurance operates under Financial Services sector and is part of Insurance—Diversified industry. The entity has 1.31 B outstanding shares.
Direct Line Insurance has accumulated about 859.5 M in cash with 439 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.64.
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Direct Line Insurance Risk Profiles
Although Direct Line's alpha and beta are two of the key measurements used to evaluate Direct Line's performance over the market, the standard measures of volatility play an important role as well.
| Mean Deviation | 0.8854 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 1.24 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 1.39 | |||
| Variance | 1.93 |
Direct Stock Against Markets
Direct Line Related Equities
One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Direct Line stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Direct Line could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Direct Line by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
| Risk & Return | Correlation |
Direct Line Corporate Management
Elected by the shareholders, the Direct Line's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Direct Line inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Direct. The board's role is to monitor Direct Line's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Direct Line's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Direct Line's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Paul Smith | Investor Director | Profile | |
| Neil Manser | CFO Director | Profile | |
| Jessie Burrows | Service Sales | Profile | |
| Ash Jokhoo | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Humphrey Tomlinson | General Counsel | Profile | |
| Victoria Wallis | Chief Officer | Profile |
Other Information on Investing in Direct Stock
Direct Line financial ratios help investors to determine whether Direct Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Direct with respect to the benefits of owning Direct Line security.