Mercury General Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: US5894001008
USD
109.50
2.06 (1.92%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Mercury General Corp.
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Loews Corp.
Kemper Corp.

Why is Mercury General Corp. ?

1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate of 0%
2
The company declared negative results in Mar'25 after positive results in Dec'24
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 58.15 MM has Grown at -57.26%
3
With ROE of 15.72%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.99 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 24.97%, its profits have risen by 33% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
4
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 24.97% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Mercury General Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Insurance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Mercury General Corp. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Mercury General Corp.
55.67%
1.77
39.28%
S&P 500
22.36%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
9.63%
EBIT Growth (5y)
0
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
16.66%
Dividend Payout Ratio
13.00%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
54.14%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
11.73%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.97
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
45.27
EV to Capital Employed
3.24
EV to Sales
0.57
PEG Ratio
0.56
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
22.38%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

18What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,327.61 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 38.99%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,681.77 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 327.33 MM has Grown at 58.32%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 263.5 MM has Grown at 58.29%

-3What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 7.91 MM

Here's what is working for Mercury General Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 1,327.61 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,681.77 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 327.33 MM has Grown at 58.32%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 263.5 MM has Grown at 58.29%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Mercury General Corp.

Interest
At USD 7.91 MM has Grown at 16.02%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Interest
Highest at USD 7.91 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 16.02% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)