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 2 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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14 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Progressive's shares. Their PGR share price forecasts range from $109.00 to $165.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $139.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%.
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Progressive's stock was trading at $129.71 at the start of the year. Since then, PGR shares have increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $143.06.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 13th 2023.
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The Progressive Co. (NYSE:PGR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 14th. The insurance provider reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.08. The insurance provider earned $12.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.33 billion. Progressive had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.70% and a net margin of 1.45%. Progressive's quarterly revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.59 earnings per share.

Progressive declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 5th.
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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), Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF (PFI), Guru Favorite Stocks ETF (GFGF), Formidable Fortress ETF (KONG), Janus Henderson US Sustainable Equity ETF (SSPX), Freedom Day Dividend ETF (MBOX) and Corbett Road Tactical Opportunity ETF (OPPX).

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 33.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.97% 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 of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 18th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase 25,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors 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."

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One share of PGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $143.06.

Progressive (NYSE:PGR) has a market capitalization of $83.74 billion and generates $49.61 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $721.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.18 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 or via fax at 440-446-7436.