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Mercury General Corp

The core activities of Mercury General Corp are in the insurance sector. Over the past 10 years the global insurers gained around 4 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 17 percent higher and over the past year minus 4 percent.

The past year was a good year for Mercury General Corp investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Mercury General Corp, the stock gained around 31 percent. Over the period from December 2011 till December 2016 the stock rose on average 36 percent. Mercury General Corp's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively steady and moved between 2,78 billion dollars and 3,01 billion dollars. The net results between 2011 and 2015 were far from constant and fluctuated between 191,16 million dollars and 74,48 million dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Mercury General Corp's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 12,23 percent per year.

Mercury General Corp financed with a quite low debt position

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 4,63 billion dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 2,81 billion dollars. This equals around 60,66 percent of the total balance sheet. As per the end of 2015 Mercury General Corp's price/earnings-ratio equaled 42. So investors paid for 1 stock 42 times the earnings per share of 2015. We could say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the insurer equaled around 2,52 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 55,16 million stocks listed.

All the annual reports of Mercury General Corp are available here. More information about Mercury General Corp can be found it's website. .