Mercury General Corp [MCY] stock is trading at $65.71, up 1.91%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MCY shares have gain 9.94% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 18.70%, 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.
Mercury General Corp [MCY] stock has fluctuated between $44.19 and $80.72 over the past year. Mercury General Corp [NYSE: MCY] shares were valued at $65.71 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the MCY fundamentals
Mercury General Corp [NYSE:MCY] reported sales of 5.60B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 9.40%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at -0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.33.
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 64.41 points at the first support level, and at 63.10 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 66.66, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 67.60.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Mercury General Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.77. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.65, the price to book ratio is 2.00 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.72.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Joseph Victor George, President & COO, that happened on May 23 ’25 when 15000.0 shares were purchased., Zhang Ximeng Simon completed a deal on May 16 ’25 to buy 1500.0 shares. Meanwhile, President of AIS subsidiary Ribisi Mark Allan bought 55.0 shares on Jan 07 ’25.
