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

Progressive Corporation was a leading decliner within the insurance industry, falling $0.28 (-1.1%) to $25.74 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Progressive Corporation

(

PGR

) pushed the Insurance industry lower today making it today's featured Insurance laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Progressive Corporation fell $0.28 (-1.1%) to $25.74 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 5,161,631 shares of Progressive Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,009,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $25.31-$25.98 after having opened the day at $25.87 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.02. Other companies within the Insurance industry that declined today were:

Aegon

(

AEG

), down 2.2%,

Life Partners Holdings

(

LPHI

), down 1.8%,

Atlas Financial Holdings

(

AFH

), down 1.6% and

CNinsure

(

CISG

), down 1.6%.

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 $15.7 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 23.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Progressive Corporation a buy, 5 analysts rate it a sell, and 10 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, good cash flow from operations, increase in net income, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

On the positive front,

China Life Insurance

(

LFC

), up 8.2%,

Independence Holding Company

(

IHC

), up 6.4%,

eHealth

(

EHTH

), up 6.3% and

American Independence Corporation

(

AMIC

), up 5.8% , were all gainers within the insurance industry with

Travelers Companies

(

TRV

) being today's featured insurance industry leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the insurance industry could consider

KBW Insurance ETF

(

KIE

) while those bearish on the insurance industry could consider

Proshares Short Financials

(

SEF

).

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