Progressive - PGR Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Progressive in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 3 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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14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Progressive's shares. Their PGR share price forecasts range from $93.00 to $150.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $116.62 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.0%.
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Progressive's stock was trading at $102.65 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, PGR stock has increased by 24.9% and is now trading at $128.21.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 13th 2022.
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The Progressive Co. (NYSE:PGR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 14th. The insurance provider reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.08. The insurance provider had revenue of $12.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.33 billion. Progressive had a net margin of 1.79% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.59 EPS.

Progressive announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 7th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 6th.
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Progressive (NYSE:PGR) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.31%. The dividend payout ratio is 28.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.16% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Progressive declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 18th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase 25,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are 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."

Progressive's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.25%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.71%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.91%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.67%), FMR LLC (1.51%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew J Quigg, Daniel P Mascaro, Dyke Kahina Van, Jeffrey D Kelly, John Jo Murphy, John P Sauerland, John P Sauerland, Karen Bailo, Lori A Niederst, M Jeffrey Charney, Mariann Wojtkun Marshall, Michael D Sieger, Patrick K Callahan, Roger N Farah, Steven Broz, Stuart B Burgdoerfer and Susan Patricia Griffith.
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One share of PGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.21.

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) has a market capitalization of $74.99 billion and generates $47.70 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $3.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.40 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 49,000 workers across the globe.

Progressive was founded in 1937.

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 or via fax at 440-446-7436.