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Mercury General (MCY) FY2011 results: revenue $2.8 billion, up 0.1% on the year

Mercury General Corp. (MCY) reported revenue of $2.8 billion for fiscal 2011, the year ended 31 December 2011, up 0.1% on the year before. Net income was $191 million, up 25.6%, and diluted earnings per share $3.49. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 14 February 2012.

Revenue
$2.8 billion
+0.1% on the year
FY2008FY2011
Operating margin
8.8%
6.6% a year earlier
FY2008FY2011
Net income
$191 million
+25.6% on the year
FY2008FY2011
Diluted EPS
$3.49
+25.5% on the year
FY2008FY2011

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue2,7772,7763,121+0.1%
Operating income245182572+34.4%
Operating margin8.8%6.6%18.3%
Interest expense5.56.86.7-18.5%
Pre-tax income245182572+34.4%
Income tax53.930.2168+78.6%
Effective tax rate22.0%16.6%29.5%
Net income191152403+25.6%
Net margin6.9%5.5%12.9%
Diluted EPS$3.49$2.78$7.32+25.5%
$ 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

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow15991.8189+72.7%
Capital expenditure18.128.936.3-37.4%
Free cash flow14062.9153+123.3%
Free cash flow margin5.1%2.3%4.9%
Cash from investing12533.1-31.7+276.5%
Cash from financing-253-129-7.2
Depreciation and amortisation40.740.735.7-0.2%
Share-based compensation0.90.80.8+10.7%
Dividends paid132130128+1.8%
Dividend per share$2.41$2.37$2.33+1.7%
Diluted shares, weightedn/a55m55m
Shares outstanding at period end55m55m55m+0.1%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity1,8571,7951,771+3.5%
Debt140267271-47.6%
Other liabilities2,0732,1412,190-3.2%
Total liabilities and equity4,0704,2034,233-3.2%
Fixed assets178197202-9.5%
Goodwill42.942.942.90.0%
Intangible assets53.760.166.8-10.6%
Investments236143156+64.9%
Cash and equivalents2112111810.0%
Other assets3,3483,5493,584-5.7%
Total assets4,0704,2034,233-3.2%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2011, filed 14 February 2012: the filing.