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Credit Suisse Maintains a Buy Rating on Progressive (PGR)

Credit Suisse analyst Michael Zaremski maintained a Buy rating on Progressive (PGR) on March 30 and set a price target of $79.00. The company’s shares closed last Thursday at $75.46.

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Progressive has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $86.25, implying a 20.0% upside from current levels. In a report issued on March 18, MKM Partners also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $90.00 price target.

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Based on Progressive’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $10.73 billion and net profit of $1.07 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $8.03 billion and had a net profit of $265 million.

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Progressive Corp. is an insurance holding company, which engages in the provision of personal and commercial auto insurance, residential property insurance, and other specialty property-casualty insurance and related services. It operates through the following segments: Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Property, and Other Indemnity. The Personal Lines segment includes agency and direct businesses. The Commercial Lines segment writes primary liability and physical damage insurance for automobiles and trucks owned and operated predominately by small business in the auto, for-hire transportation, contractor, for-hire specialty, tow, and for-hire livery markets. The Property segment covers residential property insurance for homeowners, other property owners, and renters. The Other Indemnity segment manages run-off businesses. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, OH.