Progressive Playing With a Hot Hand in 2Q
Progressive’s second-quarter results show the company playing with a relatively hot hand, recording strong growth along with good underwriting results. We think Progressive is dealing better than some of its peers with the recent industry headwind of rising claims, and a trailing 12-month return on equity of 17% is well in excess of our estimated cost of capital, supporting our narrow moat rating. We will maintain our $40 fair value estimate.Net earned premiums in the quarter were up 14% year o...
Progressive is an insurance holding company. The company's insurance subsidiaries and affiliates provide personal and commercial auto insurance, personal residential property insurance, and other insurance and related services. The company's Personal Lines segment writes insurance for personal autos and recreational and other vehicles. The Commercial Lines segment writes auto-related primary liability and physical damage insurance, and business-related general liability and property insurance, each predominately for small businesses. The company focuses on property insurance for homes, condos, manufactured homes, and renters, as well as personal umbrella insurance and primary and excess flood insurance.
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Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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