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Inside Ownership Of 51%, 6.2% Dividend: Is The Present Dividend Sustainable?
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Mercury General Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 29
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Mercury General Corporation's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Mercury General's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Mercury General Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Mercury General Corporation Announces First Quarter Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend

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Mercury General Corporation Announces Losses from Hurricane Sandy

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance

Country: United States

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Monday, April 29, 2:00 PM Mercury General Corporation (MCY) declares $0.6125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 5.45%. For shareholders of record June 13. Payable June 27. Ex-div date June 11. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, April 29, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: AUDC, AUXL, BWP, CMP, CYOU, EDR, ETN, FVE, L, MCY, ROP, SNH, SOHU, TEN Comment! [Earnings]
Sunday, April 28, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: AUDC, AUXL, BWP, CMP, CYOU, EDR, ETN, FVE, L, MCY, ROP, SNH, SOHU, TEN Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, February 4, 8:38 AM Mercury General Corporation (MCY) declares $0.6125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 6.07%. For shareholders of record Mar. 14. Payable Mar. 28. Ex-div date Mar. 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, February 4, 8:34 AM Mercury General (MCY): Q4 EPS of -$0.32. Revenue of $681.2M misses by $14.39M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Monday, February 4, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: CKSW, CLX, CYOU, GCI, GOLD, HUM, MCY, RCL, SOHU, SPG, SYY, TDG Comment! [Earnings]
Sunday, February 3, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: CKSW, CLX, CYOU, GCI, GOLD, HUM, MCY, RCL, SOHU, SPG, SYY, TDG Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, October 29, 2012, 8:48 AM Mercury General (MCY) declares $0.6125/share quarterly dividend. Forward yield 6.12%. For shareholders of record Dec 13. Payable Dec 27. Ex-div date Dec 11. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, October 29, 2012, 8:43 AM Mercury General (MCY): Q3 EPS of $0.62 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $731.7M (+3.3% Y/Y) beats by $41M. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, July 30, 2012, 10:12 AM Mercury General (MCY) declares $0.61/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 6.2%. For shareholders of record Sep 14. Payable Sep 28. Ex-div date Sep 12. (PR) 2 Comments [Dividends]
Monday, July 30, 2012, 9:53 AM Mercury General (MCY): Q2 EPS of $0.19 misses by $0.48. Revenue of $653M (+2.7% Y/Y) beats by $17M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, April 30, 2012, 7:18 AM Mercury General (MCY): Q1 EPS of $0.71 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $722.8M (flat Y/Y) beats by $43M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, February 6, 2012, 8:40 AM Mercury General (MCY): Q4 EPS of $0.59 misses by $0.10. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, August 1, 2011, 10:29 AM Automotive insurance firm Mercury General (MCY) rises 4.2% after reporting Q2 revenue and EPS of $706.5M (+8% Y/Y) and $1.04, beating a consensus of $677.1M and $0.63. The company wrote $636.3M in net premiums, up 0.8% Y/Y. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings, On the Move]
Monday, November 1, 2010, 8:38 AM Mercury General (MCY): Q3 EPS of $0.74 misses by $0.01. (PR) Comment!
Monday, November 1, 2010, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: AAWW, ACOR, ACV, AGN, ALR, BHI, CNA, CNL, CTB, CTSH, ENDP, GLW, HAE, HUM, ICE, IPGP, JKS, L, MCY, PTV, RE, SNH, SPG, WRI Comment!

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Joint Ventures blooming with $SHLD and $VNO. $HD $JCP $EQR $MCY $C $KO $CAT
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Is Eddie Lampert a fool for owning over 25,000,000 shares of $SHLD common stock in his personal account. $JCP,$HD $VNO $MCY $WMT
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John Cofran
out of $MCY up 21%
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Tony Kau
$MCY huge exhaustion signal, TE Score: -10 http://ow.ly/kxwh5 http://ow.ly/i/1ZZpI
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jmodrkrk
$MCY on a small tear after earnings, premium growth seemed strong - long a small position.
Apr 29, 12:46 PM
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jmodrkrk: out of this position @ 44.81, might go higher but im content with ~20% gain including dividends.
Apr 30, 10:59 AM
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jmodrkrk: whelp, son of a bitch @ 45.22 now. I'll just comfort myself knowing no one ever went broke taking a profit.
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$MCY $BWL-A and $CVX are the best yielding Dividend Chamions with lowest debt - http://stks.co/s7SJ - 13 shares with 2.41% average yield
Apr 5, 4:56 AM
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John Cofran
current watch list: $WTW $DGX $MCY $COH $ROST $DKS $MSFT $LH $CTL $FE $BCR $AAPL $FDO $EMC $UNH $INTC $COF $LTD $RVBD $CCL $CAT $PAY
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neobliviscar: Agree $WAG =2far 2fast. Caut in&out&in $COH => sold 2/3rd of $48 &$49 buys on Fri last. Starting small in $INTC & $ROST with options to open
Mar 19, 11:20 AM
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Ocean Man: I was thinking about $CAT and $COF today.
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$KFN $MCY and $MPW are tomorrow's best yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/gO8F - 28 stocks with 4.73% average yield. $DDR $ARG
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John Cofran
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Mar 5, 1:06 PM
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neobliviscar: Okay, I'll curious. You & I have sim- backgrounds & sim trading. This one seems decent, but what makes you bite here as a long equity play?
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neobliviscar: They've cycled low in their range, but seem to be struggling to gain business & that huge Cali exposure is a dangerous guillotine.
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$PBI $MCY and $ORI are the best yielding Income Growth Stocks - http://stks.co/iNWx - Average Yield: 5.28% - I like $T and $DBD
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Is Eddie Lampert a fool for owning over 25,000,000 shares of $SHLD common stock in his personal account. $JCP,$HD $VNO $MCY $WMT
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jmodrkrk
$MCY on a small tear after earnings, premium growth seemed strong - long a small position.
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jmodrkrk: out of this position @ 44.81, might go higher but im content with ~20% gain including dividends.
Apr 30, 10:59 AM
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jmodrkrk: whelp, son of a bitch @ 45.22 now. I'll just comfort myself knowing no one ever went broke taking a profit.
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John Cofran
current watch list: $WTW $DGX $MCY $COH $ROST $DKS $MSFT $LH $CTL $FE $BCR $AAPL $FDO $EMC $UNH $INTC $COF $LTD $RVBD $CCL $CAT $PAY
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neobliviscar: Agree $WAG =2far 2fast. Caut in&out&in $COH => sold 2/3rd of $48 &$49 buys on Fri last. Starting small in $INTC & $ROST with options to open
Mar 19, 11:20 AM
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Ocean Man: I was thinking about $CAT and $COF today.
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John Cofran
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neobliviscar: Okay, I'll curious. You & I have sim- backgrounds & sim trading. This one seems decent, but what makes you bite here as a long equity play?
Mar 5, 3:20 PM
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neobliviscar: They've cycled low in their range, but seem to be struggling to gain business & that huge Cali exposure is a dangerous guillotine.
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20 Best Yielding Dividend Champions + http://stks.co/3ABz + $PBI $ORI $WRE $T $MCY $MO $HCP $LEG $CINF $UVV $ED $KMB $WGL $NWN $MSEX $CTBI
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Ocean Man: I'd take MO, T, and KMB on that list.
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Dividend Sheet: Great Choice. I am long MO and KMB!
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Chuck Carnevale
See live F.A.S.T. Graphs on $PBI $ORI $WRE $T $MO $MCY $CINF: http://bit.ly/xAP0nM
1/11/12
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Chuck Carnevale: The drop off EPS shows spinoff but only by drawing a 4 year MO chart--Then MDLZ 4/07 and PM 3/08 draw individual graphs. Sorry.
1/11/12
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Be Here Now: NP for me.
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20 High Yield Dividend Contenders: http://bit.ly/rX4Jlb + $NRGY $VGR $NS $SPH $OFC $TCP $UHT $KMP $BPL $PAA $NNN $NHI $MCY $MDP $EPD $UBA
11/9/11
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golfitobob: Bad time to buy near a clear bear rally top. Yields go way up if stocks bought after a big pull back. Patience !
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