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MCY - Mercury General Corp.

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  • Currently /5
Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.

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P/E: (before NRI)18.6
Lower P/E: TRV (7.9), CB (7.9), ACE (5.9), ALL (8.6),
Price/Book:1.2
Lower P/B: BRK-A (0.9), BRK-B (0.4), TRV (1), TKOMY.PK (1.05),
Price/Sales:0.8
Lower P/S: BRK-B (0.5), TKOMY.PK (0.75), TKOMY (0.75), ALL (0.5),
Net Margin:6.98%
Higher Margin: MRH (50.23%), RNR (43.22%), QNTA (35.77%),
Yield:6.2%
Higher Yield: SCO (22.8%), UVE (14.1%), ZNT (7.4%), ORI (6.6%),
Market Cap: $2.1 Bil EPS: (before NRI)$2.05 Shares Outstanding:54.77 Mil
Nonlife Insurance » Property & Casualty Insurance   COMPARE: GAN, PGR, ERIE, STFC

Gurus Trades with MCY:
Number of guru portfolios checked: 67. The trades of Premium Gurus are not included unless they are in your Personalized List

Ticker CompanyPicked ByDate (?) Action
 Impact to Portfoliodown (?) Price Range
(Average)* (?)		 Current Price Change from Average Comment Current Shares
MCY Mercury ... NWQ Managers 2009-06-30 Sold Out
(history)		$30.85 - $34.99
($32.9)		 $ 38.1416%Sold Out0
MCY Mercury ... NWQ Managers 2009-03-31 Buy $22.95 - $42.55
($32.8)		 $ 38.1416%New holding, 9600 sh.9,600
MCY Mercury ... Bruce Berkowitz 2009-03-31 Sold Out
(history)		$22.95 - $42.55
($32.8)		 $ 38.1416%Sold Out0
MCY Mercury ... Chris Davis 2009-03-31 Sold Out
(history)		$22.95 - $42.55
($32.8)		 $ 38.1416%Sold Out0
MCY Mercury ... Richard Aster Jr 2009-03-31 Reduce
(history)		--0.02%$22.95 - $42.55
($32.8)		 $ 38.1416%Reduce -98.69%9,845
MCY Mercury ... Jean-Marie Eveillard 2008-12-31 Add
(history)		0.04%$39.1 - $50.67
($45)		 $ 38.14-15%Add 141.94%120,050
MCY Mercury ... Bruce Berkowitz 2008-09-30 Reduce
(history)		$45.54 - $61.9
($50.5)		 $ 38.14-24%Reduce -92.1%5,150
MCY Mercury ... Brian Rogers 2008-09-30 Sold Out
(history)		$45.54 - $61.9
($50.5)		 $ 38.14-24%Sold Out0
MCY Mercury ... Brian Rogers 2008-06-30 Add
(history)		0.07%$44.59 - $50.73
($48.6)		 $ 38.14-22%Add 75%1,750,000
MCY Mercury ... Brian Rogers 2008-03-31 Buy 0.11%$43.3 - $48.78
($45.5)		 $ 38.14-16%New holding, 1000000 sh.1,000,000
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.


MCY is held by these Gurus:

Ticker Guru Name Portfolio Date* Current Shares % of Shares Outstanding % of Total Assets Managed Change from Last Holdings
MCY Robert Rodriguez 2009-12-317639001.393.550%
MCY Jean-Marie Eveillard 2009-09-301469200.270.0510.37%
MCY Richard Aster Jr 2009-09-30115450.020.020%
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MCY: Insider Buys/Sells (?) All Insider Trades Click Here for All Insider Trades.

InsiderPosition Date Trades Shares Trade Price ($) Change (%)
NORMAN BRUCE ESenior Vice President 2009-03-12Buy7300$23.8859.72
TIRADOR GABRIELDirector 2009-03-12Buy4000$24.3956.38
NEWELL DONALD PDirector 2009-03-12Buy700$23.3563.34
Houlihan RobertVice President 2009-03-12Buy2000$22.9566.19
CURTIUS MIKEDirector 2009-03-09Buy5000$22.8966.62
NEWELL DONALD PDirector 2009-03-04Buy4500$24.4555.99
TIRADOR GABRIELDirector 2009-03-03Sell4000$24.953.17
TIRADOR GABRIELDirector 2009-03-03Buy4000$24.953.17
MOORE JOANNA YClaims - Vice President 2008-09-08Sell2500$52.5-27.35
WALTERS JUDY ACorp.Secty - Vice President 2008-06-04Sell600$51.86-26.46





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