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MCY vs. CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, THG, FAF, SIGI, WTM, AGO, and HTH

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

Mercury General vs. Its Competitors

CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) and Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.

CNA Financial has a net margin of 6.19% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 5.11%. Mercury General's return on equity of 12.52% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNA Financial6.19% 11.99% 1.87%
Mercury General 5.11%12.52%2.74%

98.5% of CNA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Mercury General shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Mercury General shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CNA Financial currently has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Mercury General has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. Given Mercury General's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mercury General is more favorable than CNA Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNA Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Mercury General
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

In the previous week, Mercury General had 4 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mercury General and 4 mentions for CNA Financial. CNA Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Mercury General's score of 0.94 indicating that CNA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CNA Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mercury General
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CNA Financial has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury General has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNA Financial$14.27B0.84$959M$3.2813.54
Mercury General$5.48B0.70$467.95M$5.1613.51

CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Mercury General pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. CNA Financial pays out 56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercury General pays out 24.6% 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. CNA Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. CNA Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Mercury General beats CNA Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$3.84B$56.82B$12.29B$21.12B
Dividend Yield1.83%2.00%5.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio13.5117.0219.0328.44
Price / Sales0.702.6926.0160.38
Price / Cash8.1428.8121.6322.92
Price / Book1.982.972.204.69
Net Income$467.95M$4.66B$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.48%0.71%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance8.99%1.19%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance22.99%23.53%540.78%11.50%

Mercury General Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCY
Mercury General
3.6273 of 5 stars
$69.69
+0.5%
$80.00
+14.8%
+22.6%$3.84B$5.48B13.514,200Upcoming Earnings
CNA
CNA Financial
3.8787 of 5 stars
$43.69
-1.3%
$50.50
+15.6%
-6.9%$11.82B$14.27B13.326,500Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7242 of 5 stars
$36.45
-1.0%
$42.00
+15.2%
+11.8%$9.01B$8.23B14.829,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AXS
Axis Capital
4.3042 of 5 stars
$96.24
-0.9%
$108.25
+12.5%
+33.8%$7.57B$5.96B9.551,876News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
RLI
RLI
4.5013 of 5 stars
$69.24
-1.4%
$78.60
+13.5%
-4.2%$6.35B$1.73B22.781,147Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.491 of 5 stars
$164.48
-0.6%
$181.38
+10.3%
+24.4%$5.91B$6.24B13.704,900News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
FAF
First American Financial
4.3398 of 5 stars
$56.28
+0.1%
$74.50
+32.4%
+4.4%$5.79B$6.13B37.2719,038Trending News
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
4.683 of 5 stars
$88.59
-1.0%
$94.00
+6.1%
-14.4%$5.38B$4.86B24.142,840Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
2.294 of 5 stars
$1,778.09
-2.1%
N/A+3.9%$4.57B$2.24B163.881,650
AGO
Assured Guaranty
4.4855 of 5 stars
$83.19
-0.2%
$100.00
+20.2%
+3.7%$4.08B$872M9.94410
HTH
Hilltop
4.7326 of 5 stars
$31.30
+0.0%
$33.00
+5.4%
-10.0%$2.01B$1.61B15.893,646Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:MCY) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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