NYSE:PGR - Progressive Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Progressive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 7th. View Progressive's Dividend History.

Progressive Corp (NYSE:PGR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 13th. The insurance provider reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.03. Progressive had a return on equity of 26.09% and a net margin of 8.69%. View Progressive's Earnings History.

Progressive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Progressive.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Progressive's stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Progressive's share price to reach $81.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Progressive.

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

News headlines about PGR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Progressive earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Progressive.

Progressive saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,960,000 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the December 15th total of 5,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Progressive's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Progressive include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Allstate (ALL), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS) and Assured Guaranty (AGO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Progressive investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Mastercard (MA), Home Depot (HD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Paypal (PYPL), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), CVS Health (CVS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Progressive's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.24%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Chicago Capital LLC (0.10%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.08%) and Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.05%). Company insiders that own Progressive stock include Barbara R Snyder, Dyke Kahina Van, Jeffrey W Basch, 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 Hexavest Inc., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Global Retirement Partners LLC, Central Bank & Trust Co. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Progressive company stock in the last year include Dyke Kahina Van, John A Barbagallo, John Jo Murphy, John P Sauerland, M Jeffrey Charney, Michael D Sieger, Steven Broz and Susan Patricia Griffith. View Insider Buying and Selling for Progressive.

PGR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, Dudley & Shanley Inc., Mercator Fund Cayman Master LP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Gradient Investments LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC and Chicago Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $76.75.

Progressive has a market capitalization of $44.87 billion and generates $31.98 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.42 on an earnings per share basis. Progressive employs 37,346 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Progressive.

The official website for Progressive is http://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.