NYSE:PGRProgressive Stock Price, Forecast & News

Progressive's stock was trading at $75.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PGR stock has increased by 7.5% and is now trading at $80.76. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 15th. The insurance provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.66. The insurance provider earned $9.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.28 billion. Progressive had a return on equity of 26.80% and a net margin of 9.18%. The company's revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.83 EPS. View Progressive's earnings history.

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

14 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Progressive's stock. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Progressive's share price to reach $85.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Progressive.

News articles about PGR stock have been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Progressive.

Progressive saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.26%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.16%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.04%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.03%) and Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC (0.03%). 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, Whittier Trust Co., Reinhart Partners Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., Private Trust Co. NA, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Metropolis Capital Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Gradient Investments LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $80.76.

Progressive has a market capitalization of $47.27 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.