Mercury General Stock Forecast, Price & News

Mercury General's stock was trading at $39.04 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MCY stock has increased by 8.6% and is now trading at $42.40.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercury General in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Mercury General is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 26th 2020.
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Mercury General Co. (NYSE:MCY) posted its earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The insurance provider reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $1.52. The insurance provider earned $818.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $840.71 million. Mercury General had a return on equity of 12.34% and a net margin of 5.15%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.74 earnings per share.
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Mercury General announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share on Tuesday, September 29th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.94%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 14th.
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2 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Mercury General's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Mercury General's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price.
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Mercury General saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 559,000 shares, a decline of 15.4% from the August 15th total of 661,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 269,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Mercury General include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Cna Financial (CNA), First American Financial (FAF), Old Republic International (ORI), Axis Capital (AXS) and RLI (RLI).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mercury General investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Altria Group (MO), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Chevron (CVX), Consolidated Edison (ED) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

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

Mercury General's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (4.77%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.98%), Absher Wealth Management LLC (0.92%), Frontier Investment Mgmt Co. (0.84%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.75%). Company insiders that own Mercury General stock include Abby Hosseini, Brandt Minnich, Charles Toney, Gabriel Tirador, George Gwyer Braunegg, George Joseph, Joshua Eric Little and Mike Curtius.
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MCY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Man Group plc, and D.A. Davidson & CO..
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MCY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., LSV Asset Management, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Absher Wealth Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., and Raymond James & Associates. Company insiders that have bought Mercury General stock in the last two years include Abby Hosseini, Brandt Minnich, Gabriel Tirador, George Gwyer Braunegg, George Joseph, and Joshua Eric Little.
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MCY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.40.

Mercury General has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion and generates $3.97 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $320.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.60 on an earnings per share basis. Mercury General employs 4,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Mercury General is www.mercuryinsurance.com.

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.