The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

MCY

Concerning the House

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. The company's automobile insurance products include collision, property damage, bodily injury, comprehensive, personal injury protection, underinsured and uninsured motorist, and other hazards; and homeowners insurance products comprise dwelling, liability, personal property, and other coverages. It sells its policies through a network of independent agents and insurance agencies, as well as directly through internet sales portals in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia. Mercury General Corporation was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

United States · www.mercuryinsurance.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$5.99B+4.4%
Net income$467.95M+19.0%
Cash from ops$1.09B+17.9%
Quotation

$104.92

-0.60 (-0.6%)

52w hi$111.12
52w lo$72.13
Vol145.00K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.62

Short+0.40
Medium+0.71
Long+0.88

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Mercury General Corporation

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

Market cap$5.81B
Enterprise value$4.74B
Trailing P/E6.20x
Forward P/E8.74x
EV / EBITDA3.73x
P / S (ttm)
Profit margin14.8%
Return on equity39.0%
Revenue growth+13.8%
Earnings growth+58.3%
Debt / equity33.92
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.63
Corr SPX0.30
Annual vol34.3%
Annual ret+33.0%
Sharpe0.96
Max DD-40.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.46
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.34
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$106.74$106.77$104.70$104.92145.00K
Aug 12$105.61$106.99$105.45$105.52182.80K
Aug 11$106.55$107.62$104.87$105.76377.40K
Aug 10$108.32$109.48$105.82$106.94273.80K
Aug 7$107.40$109.53$106.17$109.50276.90K