MCY

Mercury General Corporation Common Stock (MCY)

Stock · NYSE · Finance

$102.77as of 10/16/2026

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October 8, 2026

Mercury General stock trades near support with no major news. There is no specific corporate news for Mercury General in the last seven days; the only available article is unrelated to the company. The stock is currently testing a key support level at $105.93, which it has touched ten times. With a low P/E ratio of 6.0 and a dividend yield of 3.44%, the company remains valued significantly below its single analyst target of $120.00.

Active signals

Resistance level
$106.05
Industry
Property-Casualty Insurers

What MCY's price did in the 20 trading sessions after each past signal, compared with any 20-session window over the same period.

SignalTimesMedian 20-session returnHigher after 20 sessions
Volume Spike35+1.4%63%
Bollinger Band Breakout31+3.3%68%
Bollinger Band Breakdown13-0.5%38%
200-Day Moving Average TouchActive now8+1.8%50%
Any 20-session window (baseline)+2.5%61%

Computed by MarketWall from daily closing prices since May 18, 2022. Returns are close-to-close and don't include dividends. Past results describe what happened before; they are not a forecast and not investment advice.

About MCY

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 uninsu…

Sector
Finance
Industry
Property-Casualty Insurers
Employees
4,380

Fundamentals

1-day range
$101.32$103.89
Market cap
$5.95B
P/E (trailing)
6.11
P/E (forward)
8.31
EPS (trailing)
$16.91
Dividend yield
3.44%
Beta
0.96
Avg. volume
294.7K
Ex-dividend date
September 10, 2026
Dividend pay date
September 24, 2026
52-week range
$74.29$113.06
Next earnings: November 3, 2026 · EPS estimate $3.35confirmed

How Mercury General Corporation Common Stock Makes Money

Where the revenue actually goes — FY2025 annual results

market-wall.comTotalRevenue$5.99BNet Income$541.09M (9%)Other$5.33B (89%)Tax$122.56M (2%)MCY

Source: 10-K filed Feb 17, 2026 · via SEC EDGAR / Finnhub

Forecasts

1 analyst ratings

Buy 67%
Hold 33%
Sell 0%
1-year price forecast
High
$120
+16.8%
Median
$120
+16.8%
Low
$120
+16.8%

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P/E shows — for peers not currently carrying a live signal of their own.

Latest news

Insider Activity

Insider Actions →
Acquired
1.7K
Disposed
0
  • Nardella Barnaby Joel · April 20, 2026 · Grant
    1.6K
  • TONEY CHARLES · April 20, 2026 · Grant
    80

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held
24.41M
Total value held
$2.11B
Institutional holders
300
Top holders this quarter
  • Unknown4.32M
  • Unknown2.15M
  • Unknown2.15M
  • Unknown1.23M
  • Unknown1.10M
  • Unknown948.7K
  • Unknown823.6K
  • Unknown813.3K
  • Unknown754.1K
  • Unknown574.9K

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