Both in Insurance

CNO Financial Group vs Mercury General

Over the past year CNO returned +45.0% and MCY returned +34.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

CNO +45.0% MCY +34.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCNOMCY
Price$57.39$102.71
Market cap$5.26B$5.69B
Today−1.88%−0.98%
1 month+6.2%+0.8%
6 months+26.1%+5.4%
Year to date+35.1%+9.2%
1 year+43.4%+32.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.6%+13.8%
Gross margin43.4%27.2%
Net margin9.8%15.7%
P/E (TTM)18.8×6.1×
Price / sales1.1×0.9×
Net cash-$3.24B$757.1M
Dividend yield1.25%1.24%
Volatility (60d)20.1%20.9%
Short % of float3.0%6.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).