earnings
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.70
Mercury General Q3 net loss narrows to $8.2M; combined ratio improves to 98.6%
MERCURY GENERAL CORP
2023-Q3 EPS reported
-$1.72
revenue$3,254,998,000
- Net loss of $8.2M ($0.15 diluted loss) vs $98.3M loss in Q3 2022; operating income of $62.9M ($1.14/diluted)
- Net premiums earned $1.09B, up 9.4% YoY; net premiums written $1.21B, up 16.6%
- Combined ratio 98.6% vs 102.8% in prior year; catastrophe losses $33M vs $19M
- Board declares $0.3175 quarterly dividend, payable Dec 28, 2023 to holders of record Dec 14
- Pending CA rate increases: personal auto 20.8% and homeowners 7.0% awaiting DOI approval