Mercury General Corporation

MCY Financial Insurance Property & Casualty

Mercury General Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.0 billion, up 9.44% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−12.8%
EPS
−104.9%
Free cash flow
−22.7%
Total debt
−0.94%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

89.36 13.35 −13.00%
Market cap
$5.7B
P/E
8.9×
Fwd P/E
7.0×
Dividend yield
1.23%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Mercury General Corporation (MCY) Return on equity

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Mercury General Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 25.5%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.0% (fiscal 2022) to 26.8% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Insurance Property & Casualty industry median of 16.9% and above the Financial sector median of 9.02%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 24.8% (1.98)
FY2024 26.8% 20.50
FY2023 6.28% 34.28
FY2022 −28.0% (39.88)
FY2021 11.9% (7.67)
FY2020 19.6% 0.82
FY2019 18.7% 19.07
FY2018 −0.34% (8.59)
FY2017 8.25% 4.16
FY2016 4.09% 0.06

Against its own ten years

Low −28.0% High 26.8%
Ten-year median 8.25%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. compare 27.8%
MCY Mercury General Corporation 25.5%
PLMR Palomar Holdings, Inc. compare 22.2%
RLI RLI Corp. compare 22.1%
THG The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. compare 21.8%
WTM White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. compare 19.6%
ORI Old Republic International Corporation compare 17.9%
SIGI Selective Insurance Group, Inc. compare 15.4%
HGTY Hagerty, Inc. compare 1.10%
Insurance Property & Casualty industry median 16.9%
Financial sector median 9.02%
Market median 1.07%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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