Mercury General (MCY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
Mercury General (MCY) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 34.53% in Q2 2026, up 13.95 percentage points from 20.58% a year earlier and up 0.99 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Mercury General (MCY) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Mercury General reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 24.80%, down 1.98 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +5.25 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 26.78% in FY2024 (+20.51 pp), 6.28% in FY2023 (+34.27 pp), -28.00% in FY2022 (-39.88 pp) and 11.88% in FY2021 (-7.67 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to Q3 2010.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] rose in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.97 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 40.00 percentage points in Q4 2023, against a drop of 47.40 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 33.54% (Q1 2026), 23.27% (Q4 2025) and 20.93% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway | 1,073.91 Bn | -343.57 Bn | 55.86 Bn | 11.64% |
| 2 | Chubb | 125.44 Bn | 77.50 Bn | 9.13 Bn | 14.32% |
| 3 | Progressive | 120.54 Bn | 96.37 Bn | 9.04 Bn | 35.24% |
| 4 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 81.59 Bn | 73.34 Bn | - | 26.91% |
| 5 | Travelers Companies | 74.40 Bn | 50.64 Bn | 6.23 Bn | 25.51% |
| 6 | Manulife Financial | 72.53 Bn | 73.74 Bn | - | 17.86% |
| 7 | Metlife | 60.06 Bn | -46.42 Bn | 7.82 Bn | 13.22% |
| 8 | Aon | 58.71 Bn | 51.95 Bn | - | 40.61% |
| 9 | Arthur J. Gallagher | 58.49 Bn | 52.93 Bn | - | 6.62% |
| 10 | Mercury General | 5.47 Bn | -16.40 Bn | 708.49 Mn | 34.53% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 34.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 33.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.27% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.93% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 20.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.19% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.57% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.62% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.65% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -7.34% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -13.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -24.22% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -33.41% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -29.63% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -21.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.57% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.77% |
Mercury General Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=MCY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "MCY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=MCY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();