Auto insurance provider Mercury General (NYSE: MCY) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Mercury General beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.68 billion, up 13.8% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Mercury General’s revenue to grow 3% year on year, in line with the 3.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Mercury General rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Mercury General’s peers in the property & casualty insurance segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Markel Group delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 10%, and RLI reported revenues up 5.3%, topping estimates by 0.5%. Markel Group traded up 1.2% following the results while RLI was also up 2.5%.
Read our full analysis of Markel Group’s results here and RLI’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the property & casualty insurance segment, with share prices up 5.2% on average over the last month. Mercury General’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $120 (compared to the current share price of $102.69).
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