Mercury General Corporation (MCY) Valuation — DCF, Graham & Comparables

Mercury General Corporation (MCY) — Price $101.91 — Financial Services — Insurance - Property & Casualty — NYSE

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Valuation dashboard for Mercury General Corporation (MCY) with P/E 6.04, P/B 2.00, EV/EBITDA 5.84 and dividend yield 1.24%. DCF, Graham Number, EPS growth, peer multiples and dividend discount models plus sector comparison against other Financial Services companies.

Mercury General Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in writing personal automobile insurance in the United States. It also writes homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial property, mechanical protection, and umbrella insurance products.

Analysis Summary

Mercury General Corporation reported revenue of $5.99B in the most recent fiscal year, growing at a 5-year CAGR of 9.6%. Net income reached $541.1M, with a 7.6% 5-year CAGR.

Trailing-twelve-month margins: gross margin 44.8%, operating margin 18.3%, net margin 14.8%.

At the current price of $101.91, MCY trades at a P/E of 6.04 and an ROE of 22.38%. Market capitalisation stands at $5.6B.

Balance sheet quality for MCY: current ratio of 0.4. A debt-to-equity below 1.0 typically signals conservative capital structure, while a current ratio above 1.5 indicates comfortable short-term liquidity.

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio6.04
Price / Book2.00
EV / EBITDA5.84
Dividend Yield1.24%

Valuation Models

DCF Fair Value$87.64
vs Current Price-14.0%

Peer Comparison

SymbolCompanyMarket CapP/EP/BROE
MCYMercury General Corporation$5.5B6.042.0022.4%
SIGISelective Insurance Group, Inc.$5.1B10.621.4113.9%
IBOCInternational Bancshares Corporation$4.3B10.531.2912.7%
AXAxos Financial, Inc.$5.0B10.271.5915.5%
ABAllianceBernstein Holding L.P.$3.3B10.372.6325.4%
LMNDLemonade, Inc.$3.4B7.17-31.0%
HGTYHagerty, Inc.$4.7B32.914.5915.9%
FGF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.$2.9B7.560.628.9%

Price

Price$101.91
Market Cap$5.6B
ExchangeNYSE
CountryUS

Profitability

Return on Equity22.38%
Return on Invested Capital16.95%
Return on Assets5.66%
Gross Margin44.78%
Operating Margin18.32%
Net Margin14.77%

Related companies: AB · AHL · AX · FG · HGTY · IBOC · LMND

Explore sector: Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

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