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Profile - Mercury General Corp. (NYSE:MCY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Sep 27Dividend payment of $0.265
Location
4484 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (323) 937-1060
Fax: (323) 857-7116
Employees (last reported count): 2,600
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 53%
·Institutional: 35% (74% of float)
(205 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 85.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Mercury General Corporation, an insurance holding company, is the parent of automobile insurer Mercury Casualty Company. Its insurance operations in California are conducted through three California insurance company subsidiaries, Mercury Casualty, Mercury Insurance Company and California Automobile Insurance Company. Mercury General and its subsidiaries are engaged primarily in writing all risk classifications of automobile insurance in a number of states, principally California. The Company also writes homeowners insurance, mechanical breakdown insurance, commercial and dwelling fire insurance and commercial property insurance.
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Financial Summary
Mercury General Corp. is an insurance holding Co. engaged primarily in writing all risk classifications of automobile insurance in CA. Total revenues for the six months ended 6/30/01 rose 7% to $723.9 million. Net income fell 9% to $51.2 million. Revenues reflect increased homeowners and non-standard automobile premiums in California. Earnings were offset by higher loss ratio due to increased frequency and severity recorded on CA auto claims.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

George Joseph, 79
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$821K
Cooper Blanton, Jr., 73
Exec. VP
358K
Bruce Norman, 52
Sr. VP of Marketing
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Gabriel Tirador, 35
VP and CFO
340K
Judy Walters, 54
VP- Corp. Affairs and Sec.
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:MCYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Oct-2000
$26.125
Recent Price$39.30 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$44.875
Beta0.83 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)103.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)73.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+44.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+93.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.13B
Shares Outstanding54.2M
Float25.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.06 
Dividend Yield2.70%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 10-Oct-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$19.52 
Earnings (ttm)$1.93 
Earnings (mrq)$0.49 
Sales (ttm)$26.06 
Cash (mrq)$0.13 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.01 
Price/Earnings (ttm)20.39 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.51 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.42B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$104.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)7.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.92%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.31%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.10 
Total Cash (mrq)$7.13M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short544.0K
Percent of Float2.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
578.0K
Short Ratio4.46 
Daily Volume122.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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