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2/10/2012 4:02 PM

Mercury General Corp (NYSE:MCY)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company and its subsidiaries are engaged primarily in writing automobile insurance in a number of states, principally California.

Current Price $43.45 Mkt Cap $2.38B
Open $43.40 P/E Ratio 11.60
Prev. Close $43.72 Div. (Yield) 2.44 (6.20%)
Daily Range $43.23 - $43.67 Volume 109,050
52-Wk Range $33.81 - $46.76 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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ostram (72.62)
Submitted September 01, 2010

The company has $60 per share cash on hand and is trading around $40. It also has a 6% dividend. Assuming their underwriting does a decent job, this stock should go up from here.

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Submitted March 01, 2007

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Mercury General Corporation (MCY) and its subsidiaries are engaged primarily in writing automobile insurance principally in California and other thirteen states. With more than 4,900 independent agents and brokers, the… More

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Member Avatar Clint35 (68.90) Submitted: 10/19/2011 7:54:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $39.83 MCY Score: -1.55

Cheap with a good dividend.

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Member Avatar imabugger (36.69) Submitted: 8/3/2011 5:47:13 PM : Outperform Start Price: $36.27 MCY Score: +11.80

lots of stupid people don't care about coverage or financial strength, just give them the low down payment.

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Member Avatar dietvanillacoke (25.59) Submitted: 4/22/2011 1:13:50 AM : Outperform Start Price: $36.65 MCY Score: +18.03

I've told myself if I ever see a company with negative enterprise value, to jump in. I've talked myself out of such situations in the past, and have regretted it each and every time.

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doglov (95.37) Score: +35.87

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in MCY.

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
Bankwatcher1 < 20 10/7/2008 Underperform NS $44.00 -1.25% +34.17% +35.42 0 Comment
StargateMatthew < 20 11/28/2008 Underperform NS $36.05 +20.52% +55.53% +35.02 0 Comment
schwah8 98.60 10/13/2008 Underperform NS $38.62 +12.51% +45.91% +33.40 0 Comment
poconobear 98.84 3/16/2009 Outperform 1Y $21.58 +101.39% +77.68% +23.71 0 Comment
Yale77 < 20 3/24/2008 Outperform 1Y $34.74 +25.06% +3.33% +21.74 0 Comment
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. dietvanillacoke 25.59 4/25/2011 Outperform 5Y $36.65 +18.54% +0.51% +18.03 1 Comment
karlm26 75.93 3/31/2008 Outperform 3Y $35.37 +22.83% +5.21% +17.63 0 Comment
stockdox 75.37 3/7/2008 Outperform 5Y $34.88 +24.56% +7.11% +17.44 0 Comment
SparkChris 95.95 7/26/2011 Outperform 5Y $36.93 +17.65% +0.82% +16.83 0 Comment
MrJoshua2 70.27 2/25/2008 Outperform 5Y $36.17 +20.13% +3.31% +16.82 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackStifel 96.18 1/5/2012 Underperform NS $43.64 -0.44% +5.79% +6.22 0 Comment
TrackBRogers 96.54 5/28/2008 Outperform 1Y $49.80 -4.94% -38.64% +33.70 10/24/2008 @ $47.34 1 Comment
TrackEveillard 96.04 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $42.08 +3.25% -7.74% +10.99 1 Comment
TrackChrisDavis 89.14 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $42.08 +3.25% -7.74% +10.99 1 Comment
TrackRichAster 98.72 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $42.08 +3.25% -7.74% +10.99 2 Comments
TrackBerkowitz 96.95 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $49.56 -35.01% -40.90% +5.89 5/28/2009 @ $32.21 3 Comments
TrackRodriguez 96.46 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $43.97 -3.69% -17.94% +14.25 12/31/2010 @ $42.35 1 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 92.69 10/5/2006 Outperform NS $39.57 +9.80% +5.72% +4.08 0 Comment
TrackStifel 96.18 8/18/2006 Underperform NS $38.43 -9.15% -13.19% -4.04 8/11/2011 @ $34.91 0 Comment

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