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Mercury General (MCY) Competitors

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MCY vs. FNF, ERIE, CNA, ORI, AXS, THG, FAF, RLI, SIGI, and WTM

Should you be buying Mercury General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury General include Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), Axis Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), First American Financial (FAF), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), and White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

Mercury General vs. Its Competitors

Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) and Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Fidelity National Financial has a net margin of 7.93% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 6.76%. Mercury General's return on equity of 16.61% beat Fidelity National Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidelity National Financial7.93% 14.30% 1.28%
Mercury General 6.76%16.61%3.65%

81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Mercury General shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Fidelity National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Mercury General shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Mercury General. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 4 mentions for Mercury General. Fidelity National Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Mercury General's score of 0.20 indicating that Fidelity National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fidelity National Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mercury General
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Fidelity National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury General. Mercury General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity National Financial$13.68B1.10$1.27B$3.9414.01
Mercury General$5.48B0.81$467.95M$7.0411.32

Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fidelity National Financial pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercury General pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fidelity National Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Fidelity National Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Fidelity National Financial currently has a consensus price target of $69.83, indicating a potential upside of 26.51%. Mercury General has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.53%. Given Fidelity National Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fidelity National Financial is more favorable than Mercury General.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fidelity National Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Mercury General
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury General has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity National Financial beats Mercury General on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MCY vs. The Competition

MetricMercury GeneralINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.36B$57.01B$12.44B$21.75B
Dividend Yield1.62%1.91%5.60%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.3216.2028.5732.43
Price / Sales0.812.6829.6558.82
Price / Cash9.2429.3422.2424.38
Price / Book2.272.932.234.59
Net Income$467.95M$4.66B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.51%-1.49%0.22%1.31%
1 Month Performance0.38%-2.46%-2.51%-1.47%
1 Year Performance18.41%14.82%533.63%9.54%

Mercury General Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCY
Mercury General
4.65 of 5 stars
$79.66
+1.3%
$100.00
+25.5%
+17.0%$4.36B$5.48B11.324,200
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.8966 of 5 stars
$58.10
-3.1%
$69.83
+20.2%
-11.9%$15.79B$13.68B14.7523,533Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
2.1139 of 5 stars
$316.19
-0.9%
N/A-34.4%$14.60B$3.80B26.446,801News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CNA
CNA Financial
4.3313 of 5 stars
$46.75
+0.8%
$50.50
+8.0%
-10.2%$12.65B$14.37B14.566,500
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7634 of 5 stars
$43.34
0.0%
$47.00
+8.4%
+13.8%$10.77B$8.67B14.849,400News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AXS
Axis Capital
4.9341 of 5 stars
$94.96
+0.5%
$111.43
+17.3%
+11.7%$7.42B$6.11B9.131,876Positive News
Analyst Forecast
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.9656 of 5 stars
$184.68
+0.5%
$185.13
+0.2%
+10.4%$6.61B$6.39B12.164,900Positive News
FAF
First American Financial
4.7832 of 5 stars
$61.73
-4.0%
$75.25
+21.9%
-11.0%$6.28B$6.13B34.1119,038Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
RLI
RLI
4.65 of 5 stars
$64.13
-0.6%
$75.83
+18.2%
-27.4%$5.89B$1.82B18.381,147Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.4672 of 5 stars
$84.20
+0.8%
$87.33
+3.7%
-17.9%$5.12B$4.86B13.782,840Upcoming Earnings
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
2.2828 of 5 stars
$1,863.51
+1.2%
N/A+1.7%$4.81B$2.24B23.341,650Positive News
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This page (NYSE:MCY) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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