Mercury General PE ratio MCY

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 6.1×
10-year median: 12.8×
Against its 10-year history: 6th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 4.8× to 55.4×
Peer median: 11.5×

Mercury General's PE ratio is 6.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $102.85 against $16.92 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 12.8×, lower than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.8× in Jan 2025 to 55.4× in Jun 2020.

The median for 10 property and casualty insurers of a similar size is 11.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 12.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	6.1×	5.9×	12.0×
2025	11.8×	4.8×	13.5×
2024	6.6×	6.5×	30.8×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	11.3×	7.5×	12.6×
2021	7.7×	5.2×	12.9×
2020	12.1×	6.2×	55.4×
2019	13.1×	13.0×	31.2×
2018	29.3×	16.5×	35.8×
2017	29.9×	27.1×	46.6×
2016	27.2×	24.8×	86.0×
2015	86.2×	14.4×	96.6×
2014	14.5×	12.0×	34.2×
2013	34.5×	9.7×	34.5×
2012	10.2×	10.1×	28.1×
2011	28.5×	10.5×	29.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Insurance - Property & Casualty nearest Mercury General's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
MCYMercury General	6.1×
SIGISelective Insurance	11.6×
RLIRLI	15.1×
WTMWhite Mountains Insurance	5.1×
AXSAxis Capital	7.3×
THGHanover Insurance	11.4×
KNSLKinsale Capital	14.8×
PLMRPalomar	19.1×
SLDESlide Insurance	7.0×
SPNTSiriusPoint	6.5×
SKWDSkyward Specialty Insurance	14.1×
Peer median	11.5×

Where Mercury General ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.