Mercury General Corporation (MCY): Price and Financial Metrics
Mercury General Corporation (MCY)
Today's Latest Price: $40.71 USD
Updated Oct 30 7:00pm
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Ranked of 59 in Insurance - Property & Casualty
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MCY Stock Summary
- MCY's went public 30.62 years ago, making it older than 84.3% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
- With a price/sales ratio of 0.61, Mercury General Corp has a higher such ratio than just 22% of stocks in our set.
- In terms of volatility of its share price, MCY is more volatile than merely 6.2% of stocks we're observing.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to MCY, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are WERN, TWIN, NHC, CULP, and JBLU.
- Visit MCY's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.mercuryinsurance.com.
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MCY Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $40.71 | 52-week high | $53.97 |
| Prev. close | $40.25 | 52-week low | $33.45 |
| Day low | $40.10 | Volume | 236,972 |
| Day high | $41.01 | Avg. volume | 305,756 |
| 50-day MA | $42.46 | Dividend yield | 6.19% |
| 200-day MA | $42.39 | Market Cap | 2.25B |
Mercury General Corporation (MCY) Company Bio
Mercury General Corporation writes personal automobile insurance, homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial property, mechanical breakdown, fire, and umbrella insurance. The company was founded in 1960 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
MCY Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $40.71 | $148.7 | 270% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Mercury General Corp. To summarize, we found that Mercury General Corp ranked in the 71th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Moreover, under all the scenarios we modelled, the output consistently forecasted positive returns. As for the metrics that stood out in our discounted cash flow analysis of Mercury General Corp, consider:
- The stock's equity weight, or the proportion of capital from equity relative to debt, is 84. Its equity weight surpasses that of 73.66% of free cash flow generating stocks in the Financial Services sector.
- MCY's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 25.29% of tickers in our DCF set.
- Mercury General Corp's interest coverage rate -- a measure of gross earnings relative to interest payments -- comes in at 13.56. This coverage rate is greater than that of 82.23% of stocks we're observing for the purpose of forecasting via discounted cash flows.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 263% |
| 1% | 267% |
| 2% | 270% |
| 3% | 274% |
| 4% | 278% |
| 5% | 281% |
PGR, CACC, FCRD, WRLD, and RE can be thought of as valuation peers to MCY, in the sense that they are in the Financial Services sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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