On Wednesday, Mercury General received a positive adjustment to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating, from 64 to 77.
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IBD's proprietary RS Rating measures market leadership by showing how a stock's price movement over the last 52 weeks compares to that of the other stocks in our database.
History reveals that the stocks that go on to make the biggest gains typically have an RS Rating of at least 80 in the early stages of their moves. See if Mercury General can continue to show renewed price strength and hit that benchmark.
Mercury General is not currently showing a potential buy point. See if the stock goes on to build a base that could kick off a new price move.
Earnings-per-share growth declined in the company's most recent report from 142% to 0%, but revenue rose from -1% to 9%.
Mercury General earns the No. 40 rank among its peers in the Insurance-Property/Casualty/Title industry group. Goosehead Insurance Cl A, Root Cl A and Skyward Specialty Ins are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.
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