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Mercury General (Mercury General) Debt-to-Equity : 0.38 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mercury General Debt-to-Equity?

Mercury General's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Mercury General's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $588 Mil. Mercury General's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,548 Mil. Mercury General's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.38.

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 Mercury General's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MCY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 0.21   Max: 0.38
Current: 0.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Mercury General was 0.38. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 0.21.

MCY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
65.35% of 381 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.24 vs MCY: 0.38

Mercury General Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury General'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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Mercury General Debt-to-Equity Chart

Mercury General Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.23 0.21 0.19 0.28 0.38

Mercury General Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.28 0.32 0.34 0.43 0.38

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

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General'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.


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

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

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



Mercury General Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Mercury General's Debt to Equity 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) 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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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