Both in Insurance

Mercury General vs MGIC Investment

Over the past year MCY returned +34.7% and MTG returned +3.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.31.

MCY +34.7% MTG +3.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMCYMTG
Price$102.71$28.64
Market cap$5.69B$5.87B
Today−0.98%−1.04%
1 month+0.8%+5.6%
6 months+5.4%+9.1%
Year to date+9.2%−2.0%
1 year+32.9%+4.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+13.8%−2.9%
Gross margin27.2%95.8%
Net margin15.7%61.7%
P/E (TTM)6.1×8.3×
Price / sales0.9×4.9×
Net cash$757.1M-$431.8M
Dividend yield1.24%2.37%
Volatility (60d)20.9%27.5%
Short % of float6.0%5.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).