NYSE:MCYMercury General Stock Price, Forecast & 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. Since then, MCY shares have increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $39.65. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Mercury General.

Mercury General is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mercury General.

Mercury General will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Mercury General Co. (NYSE:MCY) released its earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.19. The insurance provider had revenue of $954.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $927.89 million. Mercury General had a return on equity of 8.88% and a net margin of 1.23%. Mercury General's quarterly revenue was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.87 EPS. View Mercury General's earnings history.

Mercury General announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.36%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 10th. View Mercury General's dividend history.

2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Mercury General's shares. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mercury General.

News headlines about MCY stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mercury General earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Mercury General.

Mercury General saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 878,200 shares, a drop of 22.3% from the June 15th total of 1,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 399,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 3.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Mercury General's Current Options Chain.

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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), Altria Group (MO), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), General Motors (GM), Philip Morris International (PM), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

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 Foundations Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Mercury General.

MCY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundations Investment Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MCY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.65.

Mercury General has a market capitalization of $2.20 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.