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Mercury General (MCY) FY2009 results: revenue $3.1 billion, up 29.3% on the year

Mercury General Corp. (MCY) reported revenue of $3.1 billion for fiscal 2009, the year ended 31 December 2009, up 29.3% on the year before. Net income was $403 million, and diluted earnings per share $7.32. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 14 February 2011.

Revenue
$3.1 billion
+29.3% on the year
FY2008FY2009
Operating margin
18.3%
-18.7% a year earlier
FY2008FY2009
Net income
$403 million
FY2008FY2009
Diluted EPS
$7.32
FY2008FY2009

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue3,1212,414+29.3%
Operating income572-451
Operating margin18.3%-18.7%
Interest expense6.75.0+35.5%
Pre-tax income572-451
Income tax168-209
Effective tax rate29.5%n/a
Net income403-242
Net margin12.9%-10.0%
Diluted EPS$7.32-$4.42
$ million except per share.
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.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow18964.6+192.6%
Capital expenditure36.348.5-25.1%
Free cash flow15316.1+849.1%
Free cash flow margin4.9%0.7%
Cash from investing-31.734.7
Cash from financing-7.2-112
Depreciation and amortisation35.727.0+32.0%
Share-based compensation0.80.7+17.0%
Dividends paid128127+0.5%
Dividend per share$2.33n/a
Diluted shares, weighted55mn/a
Shares outstanding at period end55mn/a

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity1,7711,494+18.5%
Debt271n/a
Other liabilities2,190n/a
Total liabilities and equity4,233n/a
Fixed assets202n/a
Goodwill42.9n/a
Intangible assets66.8n/a
Investments156n/a
Cash and equivalents18135.4+412.5%
Other assets3,584n/a
Total assets4,233n/a

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2009, filed 14 February 2011: the filing.