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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 13.8%, EPS grew 58.1%, free cash flow fell 45.5% and total debt rose 64.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

102.80 1.01 +0.99%
Market cap
$5.6B
P/E
6.1×
Fwd P/E
8.7×
Dividend yield
1.24%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.05
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 1 — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 52.07%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,640.00
Revenue 6,342.28
Net Income 936.87
Free Cash Flow 1,285.19
Net Debt (757.08)
Current Ratio 0.42
Debt/Equity 0.33
P/E ratio 6.08
Fwd P/E 8.69
P/S ratio 0.90
P/B ratio 2.01
Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.61%
This Y EPS Growth 67.70% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (11.31%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 4.46%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 13.34%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 5.43%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 77.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 88.57%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.08
Annual Dividend Rate 1.27
Annual Dividend Yield 1.24%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.27
0.32
0.32
0.32
2025 1.27
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
2024 1.27
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
2023 1.27
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
2022 1.91
0.64
0.64
0.32
0.32
2021 2.53
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.64
2020 2.52
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.63
2019 2.51
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.63
2018 2.50
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.63
2017 2.49
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.63
2016 2.48
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.62
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 551 720 1,316 1,701
Receivables 718 849 1,015 1,020
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
1,269 1,569 2,330 2,721
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 4,697 5,610 6,338 6,512
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
4,697 5,610 6,338 6,512

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.13% 9.63% 18.04%
Cash Flow 19.04% 12.41% 45.55%
Earnings 21.93% 7.63% 0.00%
Book Value 2.87% 3.53% 16.67%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,540 1,682 — — —
’25 1,394 1,478 1,585 1,536 5,992
’24 1,274 1,305 1,530 1,366 5,476
’23 1,107 1,083 1,065 1,375 4,630
’22 805 786 900 1,152 3,643
’21 993 1,019 932 1,049 3,993
’20 708 1,006 999 1,072 3,785
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 326 218 — — —
’25 (69) 372 496 288 1,087
’24 193 278 318 248 1,037
’23 18 87 122 225 453
’22 107 88 90 68 353
’21 175 143 111 74 502
’20 97 162 184 162 606
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 309 202 — — —
’25 (82) 370 501 274 1,063
’24 182 266 319 236 1,004
’23 10 106 114 216 446
’22 98 80 81 58 317
’21 167 133 99 62 460
’20 87 153 174 152 566
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.44 4.76 — — —
’25 (1.96) 3.01 5.06 3.66 9.77
’24 1.33 1.13 4.17 1.82 8.45
’23 (0.82) (0.75) (0.15) 3.46 1.74
’22 (3.56) (3.80) (1.78) (0.12) (9.26)
’21 1.93 1.97 0.02 0.55 4.48
’20 (2.51) 4.12 2.15 3.01 6.77
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 42.97 51.87 41.40 46.69 33.45 50.37 27.89 26.15 36.96 44.19

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 61.19 64.52 61.83 65.22 55.71 67.88 56.94 40.32 80.72 96.50
People
People Employees 4,200 4,300 4,400 4,500 4,300 4,300 4,300 4,100 4,200 4,300
Revenue/emp, $m 0.77 0.79 0.77 0.88 0.88 0.93 0.85 1.13 1.30 1.39
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,228 3,416 3,380 3,973 3,785 3,993 3,643 4,630 5,476 5,992
Gross margin, % 9.60 12.17 6.84 16.73 20.12 15.02 (10.26) 8.71 17.04 18.13
EBT 71 167 (31) 378 459 299 (671) 99 575 664
EBT margin, % 2.19 4.89 (0.91) 9.52 12.12 7.50 (18.41) 2.15 10.50 11.07
Net income 73 145 (6) 320 375 248 (513) 96 468 541
Depreciation 53 55 59 65 68 79 82 72 73 75
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 58.42 61.75 61.08 71.77 68.36 72.12 65.79 83.61 98.89 108.19
Earnings 1.32 2.62 (0.10) 5.78 6.77 4.48 (9.26) 1.74 8.45 9.77
Cash flow 5.28 6.17 6.93 9.39 10.94 9.06 6.37 8.18 18.73 19.63
Capex (0.31) (0.24) (0.51) (0.72) (0.72) (0.75) (0.64) (0.13) (0.60) (0.44)
Free cash flow 4.97 5.93 6.42 8.66 10.22 8.31 5.73 8.06 18.13 19.19
Book value 31.72 31.84 29.23 32.51 36.72 38.66 27.49 27.96 35.15 43.64
Shares, m 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 45.06 19.88 0.00 8.43 7.71 11.87 0.00 21.45 7.86 9.63
P/S 1.02 0.84 0.85 0.68 0.76 0.74 0.52 0.45 0.67 0.87
P/B 1.88 1.64 1.77 1.50 1.42 1.37 1.25 1.33 1.89 2.16
EV/Sales 1.05 0.87 0.86 0.70 0.77 0.75 0.55 0.45 0.65 0.75
EV/FCF 12.33 9.02 8.21 5.79 5.15 6.47 6.34 4.68 3.52 4.20
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 292 341 383 520 606 502 353 453 1,037 1,087
Capex (17) (13) (28) (40) (40) (41) (36) (7) (33) (24)
Free cash flow 275 328 355 480 566 460 317 446 1,004 1,063
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1,732) (1,853) (2,039) (2,396) (2,552) (2,868) (3,337) (3,427) (4,040) (4,008)
Total debt 320 371 372 372 373 373 398 574 574 575
Net debt 100 80 57 78 24 37 109 23 (146) (741)
Shareholders’ equity 1,752 1,761 1,618 1,800 2,033 2,140 1,522 1,548 1,947 2,417
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 1.55 2.93 (0.11) 5.65 6.13 3.79 (7.72) 1.41 6.07 6.06
ROIC 2.52 6.19 (0.51) 13.15 14.45 9.08 (25.05) 4.92 21.03 25.81
ROE 4.09 8.25 (0.34) 18.73 19.55 11.88 (28.00) 6.28 26.78 24.80
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Mercury General Corporation vs peers in Insurance Property & Casualty (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. $8.1B 14.7× 15.2× +16.75% (above 0%: growing) +33.51% (above 0%: growing) −5.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.91% 40.68% Compare
THG The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. $8.0B 11.0× 10.4× +4.34% (above 0%: growing) +27.21% (above 0%: growing) +2.20% (above 0%: growing) 44.24% 14.75% Compare
MCY Mercury General Corporation $5.6B 6.1× 8.7× +13.80% (above 0%: growing) +58.14% (above 0%: growing) −45.52% (below 0%: shrinking) 27.24% 19.93%
RLI RLI Corp. $5.5B 12.8× 19.5× +15.15% (above 0%: growing) +35.82% (above 0%: growing) −17.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 43.61% 36.86% Compare
HGTY Hagerty, Inc. $5.3B 95.6× — (loss-making) −6.46% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +238.74% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 18.38% Compare
SIGI Selective Insurance Group, Inc. $5.2B 11.1× 11.4× +4.54% (above 0%: growing) +55.15% (above 0%: growing) +34.56% (above 0%: growing) 41.15% 12.69% Compare
WTM White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. $5.1B 4.9× 5.1× +22.55% (above 0%: growing) +68.75% (above 0%: growing) −131.27% (below 0%: shrinking) 54.44% 32.51% Compare
PLMR Palomar Holdings, Inc. $3.6B 18.2× 13.7× +54.65% (above 0%: growing) +14.94% (above 0%: growing) +38.21% (above 0%: growing) 23.77% 23.77% Compare
LMND Lemonade, Inc. $3.6B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +79.40% (above 0%: growing) n/m −335.29% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.69% (14.20%) Compare
Median of peers $5.2B 12.8× 12.6× +15.95% +34.67% −1.47% 43.93% 21.08%

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Mercury General Corporation (MCY) key facts

  • Strength: Mercury General Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.0 billion, up 9.44% from fiscal 2024.
  • Mercury General Corporation (MCY) is an Insurance Property & Casualty company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, MCY traded at $102.80, a market capitalization of $5.6 billion.
  • Mercury General Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share, a yield of 1.24%, with a payout ratio of 7.51%.
  • Return on equity was 24.8% and debt-to-equity 0.33.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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