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Progressive Corp. (PGR) – Don’t Be So Quick to Call it Dead

Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) is 60.12% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $132.57 and a high of $254.83 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The PGR stock was last observed hovering at around $252.32 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.59%.

Currently trading at $253.91, the stock is 7.85% and 14.32% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.63 million and changing 0.63% at the moment leaves the stock 28.57% off its SMA200. PGR registered 88.25% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 33.77%.

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The stock witnessed a 20.39% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 19.79%, and is 3.40% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.59% over the week and 1.78% over the month.

Progressive Corp. (PGR) has around 61432 employees, a market worth around $148.71B and $67.80B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.72 and Fwd P/E is 19.57. Profit margin for the company is 10.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 91.53% and -0.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (22.70%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 102.42% this year

2071.0 institutions hold shares in Progressive Corp. (PGR), with institutional investors hold 87.03% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 585.30M, and float is at 583.94M with Short Float at 0.79%. Institutions hold 86.78% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 52.22 million shares valued at $10.85 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.9201 of the PGR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 48.46 million shares valued at $10.07 billion to account for 8.2778 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 24.37 million shares representing 4.1627 and valued at over $5.06 billion, while BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ holds 2.9002 of the shares totaling 16.98 million with a market value of $3.53 billion.

Progressive Corp. (PGR) Insider Activity

Progressive Corp. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 19 ’24 that Broz Steven (Chief Information Officer) sold a total of 6,122 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 19 ’24 and was made at $235.19 per share for $1.44 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 32316.0 shares of the PGR stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 16 ’24, Callahan Patrick K (Personal Lines President) disposed off 7,697 shares at an average price of $237.20 for $1.83 million. The insider now directly holds 22,885 shares of Progressive Corp. (PGR).

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