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Progressive

The core activities of Progressive are in the insurance sector. Over the past 10 years the global insurers gained around 4 percent. As from 2011 the sector is 17 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 4 percent.

The past year was a profitable year Progressive investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock gained almost 15 percent. Over the period 2011-2016 the stock rose a massive 96,87 percent. Progressive's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and moved between 17,07 billion dollars and 20,83 billion dollars. Progressive's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile through the time and moved between 1,02 billion dollars and 1,3 billion dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Progressive's dividend yield was at around 3,76 percent per year.

Progressive' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the insurer's balance sheet was worth 29,82 billion dollars. Of the total balance sheet 22,53 billion dollars (75,55 percent) was financed by debt. As per the end of 2015 Progressive's price/earnings-ratio equaled 12. So investors paid for 1 stock 12 times the earnings per share of 2015. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the insurer equaled around 18,18 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 583,6 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

All Progressive's annual reports can be found here. More information about Progressive can be found it's website. .