Auto insurance provider Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after market close. Here’s what investors should know.
Mercury General beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.54 billion, up 10.5% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS and net premiums earned estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Mercury General’s revenue to grow 3.3% year on year, slowing from the 12.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Mercury General has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Mercury General’s peers in the property & casualty insurance segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. First American Financial delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 15%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.4%, and Markel Group reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1.1%. First American Financial traded down 2.2% following the results while Markel Group was also down 6.4%.
Read our full analysis of First American Financial’s results here and Markel Group’s results here.
Investors in the property & casualty insurance segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Mercury General is down 3.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $120 (compared to the current share price of $107.12).
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