TTM
17.0%
YoY change
+0.58pp
Trough year (2008)
-18.7%
Peak year (1988)
99.5%
Latest annual
11.1%
Operating Margin history chart for Mercury General (MCY) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 11.1%
Operating Margin change chart for Mercury General (MCY) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +0.58pp
Operating Margin history table for Mercury General (MCY) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 11.1% | +0.58pp | ||
| 2024 | 10.5% | +8.35pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.1% | +20.56pp | ||
| 2022 | -18.4% | -25.91pp | ||
| 2021 | 7.5% | -4.62pp | ||
| 2020 | 12.1% | +2.60pp | ||
| 2019 | 9.5% | +10.42pp | ||
| 2018 | -0.9% | -5.80pp | ||
| 2017 | 4.9% | +2.70pp | ||
| 2016 | 2.2% | -0.15pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.3% | -5.87pp | ||
| 2014 | 8.2% | +3.53pp | ||
| 2013 | 4.7% | -0.18pp | ||
| 2012 | 4.9% | -3.96pp | ||
| 2011 | 8.8% | +2.25pp | ||
| 2010 | 6.6% | -11.74pp | ||
| 2009 | 18.3% | +36.99pp | ||
| 2008 | -18.7% | -28.59pp | ||
| 2007 | 9.9% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2006 | 9.9% | -1.93pp | ||
| 2005 | 11.8% | -3.50pp | ||
| 2004 | 15.3% | +4.44pp | ||
| 2003 | 10.8% | +7.45pp | ||
| 2002 | 3.4% | -4.89pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.3% | -1.13pp | ||
| 2000 | 9.4% | -3.75pp | ||
| 1999 | 13.2% | -6.09pp | ||
| 1998 | 19.3% | +0.65pp | ||
| 1997 | 18.6% | +2.04pp | ||
| 1996 | 16.6% | -0.16pp | ||
| 1995 | 16.7% | -63.58pp | ||
| 1994 | 80.3% | +0.70pp | ||
| 1993 | 79.6% | -0.35pp | ||
| 1992 | 80.0% | +0.27pp | ||
| 1991 | 79.7% | +0.50pp | ||
| 1990 | 79.2% | -0.46pp | ||
| 1989 | 79.6% | -19.81pp | ||
| 1988 | 99.5% | +94.16pp | ||
| 1987 | 5.3% | +0.17pp | ||
| 1986 | 5.1% | -6.00pp | ||
| 1985 | 11.1% | — |
- 202511.1%+0.58pp
- 202410.5%+8.35pp
- 20232.1%+20.56pp
- 2022-18.4%-25.91pp
- 20217.5%-4.62pp
- 202012.1%+2.60pp
- 20199.5%+10.42pp
- 2018-0.9%-5.80pp
- 20174.9%+2.70pp
- 20162.2%-0.15pp
- 20152.3%-5.87pp
- 20148.2%+3.53pp
- 20134.7%-0.18pp
- 20124.9%-3.96pp
- 20118.8%+2.25pp
- 20106.6%-11.74pp
- 200918.3%+36.99pp
- 2008-18.7%-28.59pp
- 20079.9%+0.05pp
- 20069.9%-1.93pp
- 200511.8%-3.50pp
- 200415.3%+4.44pp
- 200310.8%+7.45pp
- 20023.4%-4.89pp
- 20018.3%-1.13pp
- 20009.4%-3.75pp
- 199913.2%-6.09pp
- 199819.3%+0.65pp
- 199718.6%+2.04pp
- 199616.6%-0.16pp
- 199516.7%-63.58pp
- 199480.3%+0.70pp
- 199379.6%-0.35pp
- 199280.0%+0.27pp
- 199179.7%+0.50pp
- 199079.2%-0.46pp
- 198979.6%-19.81pp
- 198899.5%+94.16pp
- 19875.3%+0.17pp
- 19865.1%-6.00pp
- 198511.1%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Mercury General's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Mercury General (MCY)
According to Mercury General's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 17.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Mercury General (MCY) reported operating margin of 11.07% – expanded 0.6 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 99.45% was reported in 1988. The lowest in the available history was -18.68% in 2008.
Mercury General Operating Margin by Year
Mercury General Operating Margin 2025: 11.1%
Mercury General posted operating margin of 11.07% in 2025, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2024.
Mercury General Operating Margin 2024: 10.5%
In 2024, Mercury General reported operating margin of 10.50%, expanded 8.4 percentage points from 2023.
Mercury General Operating Margin 2023: 2.1%
Mercury General operating margin in 2023 was 2.15%, expanded 20.6 percentage points from 2022.
Mercury General Operating Margin 2022: -18.4%
2022's operating margin for Mercury General came in at -18.41%, contracted 25.9 percentage points from 2021.
Mercury General Operating Margin 2021: 7.5%
Mercury General operating margin in 2021 was 7.50%.
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