NYSE:MCY - Mercury General Stock Price, Price Target & More

Mercury General trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MCY."

Mercury General announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 14th will be given a dividend of $0.625 per share on Thursday, June 28th. This represents a $2.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 13th. View Mercury General's Dividend History.

Mercury General Co. (NYSE:MCY) issued its earnings results on Monday, April, 30th. The insurance provider reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.41. The insurance provider had revenue of $841.92 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $843.11 million. Mercury General had a net margin of 2.25% and a return on equity of 4.77%. Mercury General's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.20 EPS. View Mercury General's Earnings History.

Mercury General is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Mercury General.

0 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercury General in the last year. There are currently for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "N/A."

Some companies that are related to Mercury General include American Financial Group (AFG), Everest Re Group (RE), Alleghany (Y), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Validus (VR), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Axis Capital (AXS), Enstar Group (ESGR), Kemper (KMPR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), National General (NGHC) and AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI).

Press coverage about MCY stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Mercury General earned a media sentiment score of 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the insurance provider an impact score of 43.35 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Mercury General's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Viking Fund Management LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Mercury General stock include Allan Lubitz, Christopher Graves, Gabriel Tirador, Joshua Eric Little, Mike Curtius and Randall R Petro. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mercury General.

MCY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Fund Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mercury General.

Shares of MCY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MCY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.15.

Mercury General has a market capitalization of $2.43 billion and generates $3.42 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $144.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 on an earnings per share basis. Mercury General employs 4,300 workers across the globe.

Mercury General's mailing address is 4484 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES CA, 90010. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 323-937-1060.