Mercury General Corp [MCY] stock prices are up 0.67% to $58.97 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MCY shares have gain 4.93% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 17.33%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Mercury General Corp [NYSE: MCY] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 12, 2025, when Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Strong Buy and also boosted its price target to $80 from $70. Previously, Raymond James downgraded its rating to Outperform on July 07, 2023, and dropped its price target to $33. On November 04, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Strong Buy but maintained its price target of $45 on the stock. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Underperform. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform but $50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 29, 2019. Compass Point reiterated a Neutral rating for this stock on August 02, 2016, and downed its price target to $51. In a note dated May 03, 2016, Compass Point reiterated an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $50 to $55.
The stock price of Mercury General Corp [MCY] has been fluctuating between $44.19 and $80.72 over the past year. Mercury General Corp [NYSE: MCY] shares were valued at $58.97 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the MCY fundamentals
The Mercury General Corp [NYSE:MCY] reported sales of 5.48B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -0.62%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.96% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.3.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 58.27 points at the first support level, and at 57.58 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 59.46, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 59.96.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Mercury General Corp [NYSE:MCY]’s Current Ratio is 0.66. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.60, the price to book ratio is 1.68 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.98.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Ribisi Mark Allan, President of AIS subsidiary, that happened on Jan 07 ’25 when 55.0 shares were purchased. Officer, THE TIRADOR LIVINGTRUST completed a deal on Dec 05 ’24 to buy 12500.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP/Chief Human Capital Officer Sullivan Heidi C. sold 1076.0 shares on Dec 03 ’24.
