Progressive Corporation (PGR): Today's Featured Insurance Loser

Progressive Corporation (PGR) pushed the Insurance industry lower today making it today's featured Insurance loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Progressive Corporation fell 15 cents (-0.7%) to $20.62 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4.8 million shares of Progressive Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $20.28-$20.63 after having opened the day at $20.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.77. Other company's within the Insurance industry that declined today were: Citizens (CIA), down 4.6%, American Independence Corporation (AMIC), down 3.4%, CNinsure (CISG), down 3.2%, and Hallmark Financial Services (HALL), down 3%.

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The Progressive Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides personal and commercial automobile insurance, and other specialty property-casualty insurance products and related services primarily in the United States. Progressive Corporation has a market cap of $12.49 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14, equal to the average insurance industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 4.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Progressive Corporation a buy, four analysts rate it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Progressive Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat weak growth in earnings per share.

• You can view the full Progressive Ratings Report.

On the positive front, Genworth Financial (GNW), up 10.6%, Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), up 9.4%, Radian Group (RDN), up 8.2%, and First Acceptance Corporation (FAC), up 3.9%, were all gainers within the insurance industry with Aflac (AFL) being today's featured insurance industry winner.

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