Mercury General Stock Today

MCY Stock  USD 56.89  0.33  0.58%   

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Mercury General is trading at 56.89 as of the 19th of March 2025; that is 0.58% down since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's open price was 57.22. Mercury General has only a 8 % chance of going through financial distress over the next few years, but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 19th of December 2024 and ending today, the 19th of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain
Insurance
IPO Date
26th of March 1990
Category
Financial Services
Classification
Financials
Mercury General Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in writing personal automobile insurance in the United States. Mercury General Corporation was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Mercury General operates under InsuranceProperty Casualty classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 55.39 M outstanding shares of which 2.36 M shares are now shorted by investors with about 2.64 days to cover. More on Mercury General

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Mercury Stock Highlights

ESG Sustainability
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CEOGabriel Tirador
Business ConcentrationProperty & Casualty Insurance, Insurance - Property & Casualty, Financial Services, NYSE Composite, SP Small-Cap 600, Australia All Ordinaries, Financials, Insurance, Insurance—Property & Casualty, Financial Services (View all Sectors)
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Financial Strength
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Asset Turnover0.760.6589
Fairly Up
Very volatile
Gross Profit Margin1.021.08
Notably Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Liabilities204.6 M262.9 M
Significantly Down
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total6.7 B6.3 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Total Assets8.7 B8.3 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets717.7 M1.4 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Total Cash From Operating Activities1.1 BB
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Debt Levels
Mercury General can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Mercury General's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Mercury General's total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
Mercury General has 574.13 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.24, which may show that the company is not taking advantage of profits from borrowing. Mercury General has a current ratio of 0.68, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Mercury to invest in growth at high rates of return.

Change To Account Receivables

(81.43 Million)
Mercury General (MCY) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 4484 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90010 and employs 4,200 people. Mercury General is listed under Property & Casualty Insurance category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 3.17 B. Mercury General runs under Insurance sector within Financials industry. The entity has 55.39 M outstanding shares of which 2.36 M shares are now shorted by investors with about 2.64 days to cover. Mercury General has about 462.13 M in cash with 1.04 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 8.35.
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Ownership Allocation
Mercury General maintains a total of 55.39 Million outstanding shares. Mercury General holds significant amount of outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a CEO, other corporate executive, director, or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. Please note that no matter how many assets the company has, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
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Mercury Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.2024-12-31
370.1 K
American Century Companies Inc2024-12-31
305 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-12-31
302.7 K
Qube Research & Technologies2024-12-31
293.2 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
279.3 K
Point72 Asset Management, L.p.2024-12-31
218.3 K
Aqr Capital Management Llc2024-12-31
216.6 K
Hennessy Advisors, Inc.2024-12-31
192.3 K
Lakewood Capital Management, Lp2024-12-31
176.7 K
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
4.7 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
3.7 M
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Mercury General Historical Income Statement

At this time, Mercury General's Selling General Administrative is fairly stable compared to the past year. Income Before Tax is likely to rise to about 603.6 M in 2025, whereas EBITDA is likely to drop slightly above 181.9 M in 2025. View More Fundamentals

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Mercury General Corporate Directors

James EllisIndependent DirectorProfile
George BrauneggIndependent DirectorProfile
Christopher GravesChief Investment Officer, VP, Director and Member of Investment CommitteeProfile
Joshua LittleIndependent DirectorProfile

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