After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
MCY belongs to the Financial sector of the NYSE while operating in the Insurance – Property & Casualty industry. The current market capitalization of Mercury General Corp is $5.17B. A total of 0.26 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 219.13K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Joseph Victor George bought 15,000 shares of MCY for 59.95 per share on May 23 ’25. After the transaction, the President & COO now owns 15,025 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 16 ’25, Zhang Ximeng Simon bought 1,500 shares at 61.91 per share. MCY shares that the insider owns now total 1,500.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Ribisi Mark Allan acquired of 55 shares on Jan 07 ’25 at a per-share price of $64.71. This resulted in the President of AIS subsidiary holding 680 shares of MCY after the transaction. In another insider transaction, THE TIRADOR LIVINGTRUST bought 12,500 shares at $78.11 per share on Dec 05 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Mercury General Corp pays an annual dividend of $1.27, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.36%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.76.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MCY has a high of $95.00 and a low of $44.19.
As of this writing, MCY has an earnings estimate of $2.56 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 1.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $2.56 per share and a lower estimate of $2.56. The company reported an EPS of $2.78 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. MCY’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $475.68M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $40.30, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.14B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MCY is Buy with a score of 4.33.
