Progressive (FRA:PGV) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.34 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Progressive's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €0 Mil. Progressive's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €6,317 Mil. Progressive's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €18,594 Mil. Progressive's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.34.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Progressive's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:PGV' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27 Med: 0.35 Max: 0.41
Current: 0.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Progressive was 0.41. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 0.35.

FRA:PGV's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
61.36% of 383 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.24 vs FRA:PGV: 0.34

Progressive Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Progressive's Debt-to-Equity 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.

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Progressive Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.32

0.27

0.40

0.34

Progressive Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity																0.38	0.41	0.40	0.34	0.32

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Progressive's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.

Progressive Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Progressive's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Progressive Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Progressive's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	6316.846)	/	18594.101
	=	0.34

Progressive's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	6316.846)	/	18594.101
	=	0.34

Progressive (FRA:PGV) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Progressive (FRA:PGV) Business Description

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Address

6300 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village, OH, USA, 44143

Website

https://www.progressive.com

Progressive underwrites private and commercial auto insurance and specialty lines; it has about 18 million personal auto policies in force and is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. Progressive markets its policies through independent insurance agencies in the U.S. and Canada and directly via the internet and telephone. Its premiums are split roughly equally between the agent and the direct channel. The company also offers commercial auto policies and entered homeowners insurance through an acquisition in 2015.

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