Mercury General (MCY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Mercury General (MCY) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 19.19% in Q1 2026, up 3.11% on a QoQ basis from 18.62% in Q4 2025, and down 468.0% year-over-year from 5.22% in Q1 2025.

Mercury General (MCY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mercury General has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 19.19% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 468.0% year-over-year to 19.19% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.37% (up 271.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.47%, down 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate advanced to 19.19% in Q1 2026, from 18.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 60.96% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 16.68% in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 25.13% and a median of 19.96% in 2025 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Tax Rate was 4836 bps in 2022; the steepest drop was 11358 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing MCY's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 60.96% in 2022, then sank by 68 bps to 19.56% in 2023, then slipped by 7 bps to 18.16% in 2024, then grew by 2 bps to 18.62% in 2025, then gained by 3 bps to 19.19% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MCY's Tax Rate at 19.19% in Q1 2026, 18.62% in Q4 2025, and 19.96% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Chubb 127.40 Bn 119.98 Bn 8.64 Bn 21.58%
2 Progressive 119.47 Bn 115.12 Bn 8.36 Bn 20.98%
3 Travelers Companies 65.26 Bn 41.34 Bn 5.54 Bn 19.25%
4 Allstate 57.33 Bn 32.74 Bn 14.72 Bn 20.91%
5 Berkley W R 26.90 Bn 23.16 Bn 2.72 Bn 16.32%
6 Cincinnati Financial 25.67 Bn 24.41 Bn 2.60 Bn 15.95%
7 Markel 22.97 Bn 7.51 Bn 2.38 Bn 24.30%
8 Loews 22.18 Bn 9.92 Bn -1.32 Bn 23.54%
9 Assurant 12.79 Bn 10.87 Bn 2.01 Bn 18.33%
10 Mercury General 5.62 Bn 2.97 Bn 606.86 Mn 19.19%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.19%
Mar 31, 2026 19.19%
Dec 31, 2025 18.62%
Dec 31, 2025 18.62%
Sep 30, 2025 19.96%
Sep 30, 2025 19.96%
Jun 30, 2025 19.48%
Jun 30, 2025 19.48%
Mar 31, 2025 23.87%
Mar 31, 2025 23.87%
Dec 31, 2024 18.16%
Dec 31, 2024 18.16%
Sep 30, 2024 19.58%
Sep 30, 2024 19.58%
Jun 30, 2024 16.68%
Jun 30, 2024 16.68%
Mar 31, 2024 17.66%
Mar 31, 2024 17.66%
Dec 31, 2023 19.56%
Dec 31, 2023 19.56%