The Progressive Corporation (PGR)
The Progressive Corporation operates as an insurance company in the United States.
Scored against other Financial Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
The Progressive reads as neutral right now, with no clear lean either way.
- What's working
- Its price has held up well, trading above its recent averages.
- Worth watching
- Sales and profits grew slower over the past year than at most other financial companies, or shrank.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 21 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About The Progressive Corporation
The Progressive Corporation operates as an insurance company in the United States. It writes insurance for personal autos and special lines products, including motorcycles, RVs, and watercraft; and personal residential property insurance for homeowners and renters…
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Property & Casualty
- Employees
- 70,053
- Headquarters
- Mayfield, OH
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 11.0 — lower than 82% of Financial Services peers
P/B 3.7 — lower than 29% of Financial Services peers
P/S 1.4 — lower than 88% of Financial Services peers
EV/EBITDA 8.7 — lower than 72% of Financial Services peers
EV/Revenue 1.4 — lower than 79% of Financial Services peers
Profitability & quality
Operating margin 14.3% — higher than 12% of Financial Services peers
Net margin 12.7% — higher than 18% of Financial Services peers
ROE 33.2% — higher than 81% of Financial Services peers
ROA 7.5% — higher than 84% of Financial Services peers
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.2 — lower than 81% of Financial Services peers
Current ratio 0.28 — higher than 4% of Financial Services peers
Quick ratio 0.23 — higher than 25% of Financial Services peers
Cash/debt 0.25 — higher than 21% of Financial Services peers
Debt/EBITDA 0.55 — lower than 89% of Financial Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth 3.0% YoY — higher than 24% of Financial Services peers
Earnings growth -2.1% YoY — higher than 19% of Financial Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 69.7% — atypical vs Financial Services peers
Net insider buying, +12.1% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -13.4% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.2% of shares outstanding
1.2% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
58% of the way from its 52-week low to high