Progressive (NYSE:PGR) Price Target Raised to $231.00

Progressive (NYSE:PGRFree Report) had its price objective increased by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $210.00 to $231.00 in a research note published on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods currently has a market perform rating on the insurance provider’s stock.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company cut shares of Progressive from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $205.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Monday, June 29th. HSBC boosted their price target on Progressive from $214.00 to $221.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Barclays set a $247.00 price target on Progressive in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Evercore reissued a “negative” rating on shares of Progressive in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Finally, Mizuho lowered their price objective on Progressive from $235.00 to $223.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $238.05.

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Progressive Price Performance

NYSE:PGR opened at $230.59 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 0.27 and a quick ratio of 0.27. Progressive has a one year low of $189.20 and a one year high of $254.93. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $206.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $206.90. The stock has a market cap of $134.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.72, a PEG ratio of 4.34 and a beta of 0.26.

Progressive (NYSE:PGRGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 15th. The insurance provider reported $4.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.67 by $0.13. Progressive had a net margin of 12.92% and a return on equity of 33.47%. The company had revenue of $22.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.51 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $4.37 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that Progressive will post 17.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Progressive Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 2nd were given a $0.10 dividend. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 2nd. Progressive’s dividend payout ratio is 2.03%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Progressive news, insider John Jo Murphy sold 5,916 shares of Progressive stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.00, for a total transaction of $1,183,200.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 41,290 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,258,000. The trade was a 12.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Jeffrey D. Kelly sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.33, for a total value of $1,514,310.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 22,546 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,877,376.18. This represents a 23.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 15,230 shares of company stock worth $3,165,817 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of PGR. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Progressive by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 55,261,140 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $12,584,067,000 after purchasing an additional 593,612 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Progressive by 0.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 25,808,762 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $6,373,474,000 after acquiring an additional 78,374 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors boosted its holdings in shares of Progressive by 8.9% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 14,921,724 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $3,398,123,000 after acquiring an additional 1,217,527 shares in the last quarter. GQG Partners LLC grew its position in Progressive by 11.7% during the 4th quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 10,432,549 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $2,375,706,000 after acquiring an additional 1,092,151 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Progressive during the 4th quarter valued at $1,836,094,000. 85.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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Progressive Company Profile

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Progressive Corporation is a large U.S.-based property and casualty insurer that primarily underwrites personal auto insurance along with a broad suite of related products. Its offerings include coverage for private passenger automobiles, commercial auto fleets, motorcycles, boats and recreational vehicles, as well as homeowners, renters, umbrella and other specialty P&C products. Progressive also provides claims handling, risk management and related services to individual and commercial policyholders.

The company distributes its products through a mix of direct channels—online and by phone—and an extensive independent agent network.

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