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Mercury General (MCY) FY2010 results: revenue $2.8 billion, down 11.1% on the year

Mercury General Corp. (MCY) reported revenue of $2.8 billion for fiscal 2010, the year ended 31 December 2010, down 11.1% on the year before. Net income was $152 million, down 62.2%, and diluted earnings per share $2.78. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 14 February 2011.

Revenue
$2.8 billion
-11.1% on the year
FY2008FY2010
Operating margin
6.6%
18.3% a year earlier
FY2008FY2010
Net income
$152 million
-62.2% on the year
FY2008FY2010
Diluted EPS
$2.78
-62.0% on the year
FY2008FY2010

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue2,7763,1212,414-11.1%
Operating income182572-451-68.1%
Operating margin6.6%18.3%-18.7%
Interest expense6.86.75.0+1.1%
Pre-tax income182572-451-68.1%
Income tax30.2168-209-82.1%
Effective tax rate16.6%29.5%n/a
Net income152403-242-62.2%
Net margin5.5%12.9%-10.0%
Diluted EPS$2.78$7.32-$4.42-62.0%
$ 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

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow91.818964.6-51.4%
Capital expenditure28.936.348.5-20.5%
Free cash flow62.915316.1-58.8%
Free cash flow margin2.3%4.9%0.7%
Cash from investing33.1-31.734.7
Cash from financing-129-7.2-112
Depreciation and amortisation40.735.727.0+14.1%
Share-based compensation0.80.80.7+6.4%
Dividends paid130128127+1.8%
Dividend per share$2.37$2.33n/a+1.7%
Diluted shares, weighted55m55mn/a-0.5%
Shares outstanding at period end55m55mn/a+0.0%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity1,7951,7711,494+1.3%
Debt267271n/a-1.5%
Other liabilities2,1412,190n/a-2.2%
Total liabilities and equity4,2034,233n/a-0.7%
Fixed assets197202n/a-2.7%
Goodwill42.942.9n/a0.0%
Intangible assets60.166.8n/a-10.0%
Investments143156n/a-8.2%
Cash and equivalents21118135.4+16.5%
Other assets3,5493,584n/a-1.0%
Total assets4,2034,233n/a-0.7%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2010, filed 14 February 2011: the filing.