Mercury General Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in writing personal automobile insurance in the United States. The company also writes homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial property, mechanical protection, and umbrella insurance products. Its 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, fire, and other hazards. The company 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 founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
P/E ratio for Mercury General Corporation (MCY)
P/E ratio as of 2023: 21.44
According to Mercury General Corporation's latest financial reports and stock price the company's current price-to-earnings ratio (TTM) is 21.44. At the end of 2022 the company had a P/E ratio of -3.69.
P/E ratio history for Mercury General Corporation from 1985 to 2023
PE ratio at the end of each year
| Year | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.44 |
| 2022 | -3.69 |
| 2021 | 11.85 |
| 2020 | 7.72 |
| 2019 | 8.43 |
| 2018 | -499.54 |
| 2017 | 20.40 |
| 2016 | 45.54 |
| 2015 | 34.49 |
| 2014 | 17.52 |
| 2013 | 24.36 |
| 2012 | 18.64 |
| 2011 | 13.08 |
| 2010 | 15.48 |
| 2009 | 5.33 |
| 2008 | -10.40 |
| 2007 | 11.46 |
| 2006 | 13.42 |
| 2005 | 12.55 |
| 2004 | 11.41 |
| 2003 | 13.73 |
| 2002 | 30.80 |
| 2001 | 22.51 |
| 2000 | 21.72 |
| 1999 | 9.08 |
| 1998 | 13.56 |
| 1997 | 19.45 |
| 1996 | 13.60 |
| 1995 | 14.43 |
| 1994 | 11.79 |
| 1993 | 8.52 |
| 1992 | 9.07 |
| 1991 | 6.31 |
| 1990 | 5.67 |
| 1989 | 5.90 |
| 1988 | 5.59 |
| 1987 | 8.68 |
| 1986 | 14.00 |
| 1985 | 17.64 |