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Mercury General Corp. (MCY)

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Mercury General Corp. (MCY) reported revenue of $1.7 billion for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 13.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $264 million, up 58.3% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $4.76. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 4 August 2026.

Revenue$1.7 billionup 13.8%
Net income$264 millionup 58.3%
Diluted EPS$4.76
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Mercury General (MCY) in brief

Mercury General (MCY) reported revenue of $6.0 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 9.4% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $541 million and diluted earnings per share $9.77. Revenue was $5.5 billion in fiscal 2024, $4.6 billion in fiscal 2023, $3.6 billion in fiscal 2022 and $4.0 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $468 million, $96 million, a loss of $513 million and $248 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Mercury General reported revenue of $6.3 billion and net income of $937 million. Revenue grew 9.6% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Mercury General declared $1.27 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 55 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At the close of 9 October 2026 the market cap of Mercury General was $5.7 billion, 6.1 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE33.0%
ROCE30.7%
Operating margin18.3%
Net margin14.8%
FCF margin19.9%
Interest covern/a
Debt to equity0.33
Cash conversion1.42
Share count, 1 year0.0%
Sales CAGR, 3 years18.0%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM$16.92

At the close of 9 October 2026

Price$102.75
Market cap$5.7 billion
Stock P/E6.07
Price to book2.01
EV / EBITDA3.97
Dividend yield1.2%
Market cap / sales0.90
52-week high$111.12
52-week low$76.23
Price, 1 year24.0%
Price CAGR, 3 years53.2%
Price CAGR, 5 years12.8%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Mercury General Corp. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 9 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on MCY

Filings17 in twelve months: 9 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 2 material agreement; 2 new financial obligation; 2 other events; 1 regulation FD disclosure
Planned insider salesno Form 144 notice in twelve months
Options tapeput/call 0.06 by open interest at the 9 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 4.0% move to 16 October 2026
13F holders6 of the followed funds hold it; largest Geode Capital Management; 1 Schedule 13D or 13G filing in twelve months
Insider trading0 sales and 1 purchase on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest1.5 million shares short, 4.56 days to cover at 30 September 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue1,0651,3751,2741,3051,5301,3661,3941,4781,5851,5361,5401,682
Cost of revenue2.73.13.23.23.23.83.63.63.94.14.44.2
Gross profit1,0621,3721,2711,3021,5271,3621,3901,4741,5811,5321,5351,678
Gross margin100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Operating income-15.223889.275.1287123-142207350249236327
Operating margin-1%17%7%6%19%9%-10%14%22%16%15%19%
Interest expense5.97.87.8n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Pre-tax income-15.223889.275.1287123-142207350249236327
Tax raten/a20%18%17%20%18%n/a19%20%19%19%19%
Net income-8.219173.562.6231101-108166280203190264
Net margin-1%14%6%5%15%7%-8%11%18%13%12%16%
Diluted EPS-$0.15$3.46$1.33$1.13$4.17$1.82-$1.96$3.01$5.06$3.66$3.44$4.76
Operating cash flow122225193278318248-68.7372496288326218
Capital expenditure7.99.810.311.612.012.313.114.416.914.016.816.1
Free cash flow114216182266306236-81.9357480274309202
Shares outstanding55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 12 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue3,0123,0093,2283,4163,3803,9733,7853,9933,6434,6305,4765,9926,342
Cost of revenuen/an/an/a10.210.510.511.812.811.011.413.415.216.6
Gross profitn/an/an/a3,4063,3703,9623,7733,9813,6324,6185,4625,9776,326
Gross marginn/an/an/a99.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.8%99.8%99.7%99.7%
Operating income24770.670.7167-30.6378459299-67199.45756641,162
Operating margin8.2%2.3%2.2%4.9%-0.9%9.5%12.1%7.5%-18.4%2.1%10.5%11.1%18.3%
Interest expense2.63.24.015.217.017.017.017.117.224.2n/an/an/a
Pre-tax income24770.670.7167-30.6378459299-67199.45756641,162
Income tax69.5-3.9-2.322.2-24.958.083.951.4-1583.1107123225
Effective tax rate28.1%-5.5%-3.3%13.3%n/a15.3%18.3%17.2%n/a3.1%18.6%18.5%19.4%
Net income17874.573.0145-5.7320375248-51396.3468541937
Net margin5.9%2.5%2.3%4.2%-0.2%8.1%9.9%6.2%-14.1%2.1%8.5%9.0%14.8%
Diluted EPS$3.23$1.35$1.32$2.62-$0.10$5.78$6.77$4.48-$9.26$1.74$8.45$9.77$16.92
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Cash flow and capital returned

Follow the cashA discounted cash flow: five years of free cash flow, added up in today's moneyNot for Mercury General: an insurer's operating cash flow includes premiums it holds to pay claims later, so it is not cash the owners can take out. Book value and return on equity, in the ratios above, are the usual measures for it.

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow2471902923413835206065023534531,0371,0871,328
Capital expenditure26.020.117.019.428.040.140.041.435.536.846.158.463.9
Free cash flow2201702753223554805664603174169911,0291,264
Free cash flow margin7.3%5.7%8.5%9.4%10.5%12.1%14.9%11.5%8.7%9.0%18.1%17.2%19.9%
Cash from investing-194-81.7-227-186-222-401-411-374-316-295-797-420-1,047
Cash from financing-29.1-134-109-84.7-138-138-140-141-82.0104-71.1-71.7298
Depreciation and amortisation28.147.853.355.358.864.768.579.182.472.273.475.080.4
Share-based compensation4.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.00.04.614.6n/a
Dividends paid13513613713813813914014010570.370.370.3n/a
Dividend per share$2.46$2.47$2.48$2.49$2.50$2.51$2.52$2.53$1.91$1.27$1.27$1.27n/a
Diluted shares, weighted55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m
Shares outstanding at period end55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m55m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2014FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity1,8751,8211,7521,7611,6181,8002,0332,1401,5221,5481,9472,4172,836
Debt290290320375375375375375400575575575944
Other liabilities2,4352,5182,7162,9653,4413,7153,9214,2574,5924,9805,7896,5686,763
Total liabilities and equity4,6004,6294,7895,1015,4345,8896,3286,7726,5147,1038,3119,56110,542
Owned
Fixed assets159157156145153169179191171151138147151
Goodwill42.842.842.842.842.842.842.842.842.842.842.842.842.8
Intangible assets35.631.725.620.715.510.611.310.39.28.37.76.86.4
Investments373185376303253494376n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Cash and equivalents2902642202913142943483362905517201,3161,701
Other assets3,7003,9483,9684,2984,6554,8785,3716,1936,0016,3507,4028,0498,641
Total assets4,6004,6294,7895,1015,4345,8896,3286,7726,5147,1038,3119,56110,542
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded7.1%9.6%18.0%10.0%
Profit growth, compounded21.9%7.6%n/a140.2%
Return on equity, average7.9%6.1%17.5%22.4%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Mercury General's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Mercury General (MCY) reported revenue of $6.0 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 9.4% on the year before.

How much did Mercury General earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $541 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $9.77.

What is Mercury General's P/E ratio?

At the close of 9 October 2026, Mercury General traded at 6.1 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Mercury General's market cap?

The market cap of Mercury General was $5.7 billion at the close of 9 October 2026.

Does Mercury General pay a dividend?

Yes. Mercury General declared $1.27 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 June 2026.

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27 companies share its SEC industry code (Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Insurance, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 20264 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20265 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202517 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20254 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202529 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20256 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202411 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202429 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202430 July 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202430 April 2024EDGAR

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