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Mercury General (Mercury General) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : -20.50% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mercury General 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Mercury General's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.32.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mercury General's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

MCY' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.5   Med: 11.8   Max: 33.1
Current: -20.5

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Mercury General was 33.10% per year. The lowest was -20.50% per year. And the median was 11.80% per year.

MCY's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
92.62% of 244 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 6.3 vs MCY: -20.50

During the past 12 months, Mercury General's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -33.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -20.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -11.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.80% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Mercury General's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.28. As of today, Mercury General's Dividend Yield % is 2.37%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Mercury General Corp is 0.73, which seems too high.

Warning Sign:

Mercury General Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of Mercury General's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercury General's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Mercury General's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mercury General's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Mercury General 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Mercury General  (NYSE:MCY) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Mercury General's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.318/ 1.15
=0.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Mercury General was 4.23. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.86.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Mercury General Corp is 0.73, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Mercury General Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3182024-03-122024-03-132024-03-27Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3182023-12-132023-12-142023-12-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3182023-09-132023-09-142023-09-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3182023-06-142023-06-152023-06-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Mercury General's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.272/53.10
=2.40 %

Current Share Price is $53.10.
Mercury General's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.272.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Mercury General was 8.43%. The lowest was 2.37%. And the median was 4.78%.

Warning Sign:

Mercury General Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

* 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 (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