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Mercury General (Mercury General) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 7.01 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Mercury General's share price is $52.67. Mercury General's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.52. Hence, Mercury General's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 7.01.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mercury General's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

MCY' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.1   Med: 8.07   Max: 18.78
Current: 7.01

During the past 13 years, Mercury General's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 18.78. The lowest was 4.10. And the median was 8.07.

MCY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
61.29% of 341 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.7 vs MCY: 7.01

Mercury General's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.89. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $7.52.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Mercury General was 31.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Mercury General's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 106.00% per year. The lowest was -67.40% per year. And the median was 12.00% per year.


Mercury General Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury General's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* 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.

* Premium members only.

Mercury General Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.63 5.11 6.39 5.97 4.96

Mercury General Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.97 7.70 7.43 6.00 4.96

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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

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



Mercury General Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Mercury General's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=52.67/7.516
=7.01

Mercury General's Share Price of today is $52.67.
Mercury General's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.52.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Mercury General  (NYSE:MCY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Mercury General (Mercury General) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4484 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90010
Mercury General Corp is an insurance holding company operating in the property-casualty market, where it focuses on low-cost auto insurance for individuals, with operations in nearly 13 United States of America states. However, its business--about 75% of premiums--comes from California, where it was established by George Joseph, the current company chairman, and majority owner. Its insurance is distributed exclusively through independent agents.
Executives
Joshua Eric Little director 192 E 200 N, THIRD FLOOR, ST. GEORGE UT 84770
Wei Pang officer: VP/Chief Technology Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Mark Allan Ribisi officer: President of AIS,subsidiary 16969 VON KARMAN AVE., IRVINE CA 92606
Katelyn Marie Gibbs officer: VP/Chief Experience Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Kelly Lynn Butler officer: VP/Chief Underwriting Officer 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Joseph Vicky Wai Yee director 4484 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES CA 90010
George Joseph director, officer: Chairman of the Board 4484 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
George Gwyer Braunegg director 6121 SHENANDOAH AVE., LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Abby Hosseini officer: VP/Chief Information Officer 555 W. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, BREA CA 92821
Brandt Minnich officer: Vice President, Marketing 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Gabriel Tirador officer: President, other: Director
Charles Toney officer: Vice President
Jeffrey Michael Schroeder officer: VP/Chief Product Officer 1700 GREENBRIAR LANE, BREA CA 92821
Mike Curtius director
Ramona L Cappello director 4600 SLEEPYTIME DR, BOULDER CO 80301