Progressive (PGR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Progressive in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" PGR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PGR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Progressive's shares. Their PGR share price forecasts range from $109.00 to $206.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $142.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Progressive's stock was trading at $129.71 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PGR stock has increased by 7.6% and is now trading at $139.63.
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Progressive saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,340,000 shares, a drop of 23.7% from the August 15th total of 4,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,690,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 12th 2023.
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The Progressive Co. (NYSE:PGR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 13th. The insurance provider reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.38. The insurance provider earned $15.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.24 billion. Progressive had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.02% and a net margin of 3.12%.

Progressive announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 5th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, October 13th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.29%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 4th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Progressive (NYSE:PGR) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK), Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF (KBWP), AXS Brendan Wood TopGun Index ETF (TGN), Democratic Large Cap Core ETF (DEMZ), BNY Mellon Women's Opportunities ETF (BKWO), BNY Mellon Sustainable US Equity ETF (BKUS), Freedom Day Dividend ETF (MBOX) and SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE).

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.28%. The dividend payout ratio is 13.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 5.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Progressive announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 18th 2022, which permits the company to buyback 25,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

985 employees have rated Progressive Chief Executive Officer Tricia Griffith on Glassdoor.com. Tricia Griffith has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Tricia Griffith in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Progressive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PGR."

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One share of PGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $139.63.

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) has a market capitalization of $81.73 billion and generates $49.61 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $721.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.92 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 55,100 workers across the globe.

Progressive's mailing address is 6300 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village OH, 44143. The official website for the company is www.progressive.com. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (440) 461-5000, via email at investor_relations@progressive.com, or via fax at 440-446-7436.