NYSE:PGRProgressive Stock Price, Forecast & News

Progressive's stock was trading at $75.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PGR shares have increased by 6.2% and is now trading at $79.78. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Progressive in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Progressive.

Progressive is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 15th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Progressive.

Progressive Corp (NYSE:PGR) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 15th. The insurance provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.66. The insurance provider earned $9.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.28 billion. Progressive had a net margin of 9.18% and a return on equity of 26.80%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.83 EPS. View Progressive's earnings history.

Progressive declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 7th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.50%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 6th. View Progressive's dividend history.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Progressive's stock. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Progressive's stock price to reach $85.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Progressive.

Media headlines about PGR stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Progressive earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Progressive.

Progressive saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,590,000 shares, an increase of 6.7% from the June 15th total of 5,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,460,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Progressive's Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.26%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.16%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.03%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Progressive stock include Andrew J Quigg, Barbara R Snyder, Dyke Kahina Van, John A Barbagallo, John Jo Murphy, John P Sauerland, M Jeffrey Charney, Michael D Sieger, Steven Broz, Susan Patricia Griffith and William M Cody. View institutional ownership trends for Progressive.

PGR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, Reinhart Partners Inc., and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Progressive company stock in the last year include Andrew J Quigg, John Jo Murphy, John P Sauerland, M Jeffrey Charney, Michael D Sieger, Steven Broz, and Susan Patricia Griffith. View insider buying and selling activity for Progressive.

PGR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, and Fulton Bank N. A.. View insider buying and selling activity for Progressive.

Shares of PGR 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 PGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.78.

Progressive has a market capitalization of $46.70 billion and generates $39.02 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $3.97 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.72 on an earnings per share basis. Progressive employs 41,571 workers across the globe.

The official website for Progressive is www.progressive.com.

Progressive's mailing address is 6300 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village OH, 44143. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 440-461-5000.