Mercury General (Mercury General) Cash-to-Debt : 0.94 (As of Dec. 2023)

Mercury General Cash-to-Debt Chart

Mercury General Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Cash-to-Debt		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.70	0.84	0.82	0.69	0.94

Mercury General Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.69	0.58	0.76	0.77	0.94

Competitive Comparison of Mercury General's Cash-to-Debt

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Mercury General's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Mercury General's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mercury General's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Mercury General Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Mercury General's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Mercury General's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Mercury General  (NYSE:MCY) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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