On July 15, Progressive fell 9.07% in regular trading, trading at $207.02/share, with turnover of $9.9441 million. The stock faced dual pressure from a slight revenue miss in its Q2 earnings report and a rating downgrade from JPMorgan.
Progressive reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $4.86, beating the consensus estimate of $4.77 by 1.89%, though representing a 0.41% year-over-year decline from $4.88. However, revenue of $21.573 billion came in below the $21.599 billion estimate. Net income per diluted share was $5.67, up from $5.40 a year earlier, exceeding FactSet's estimate of $5.35. Net premiums earned rose to $21.57 billion from $20.31 billion a year earlier.
Adding to the selling pressure, JPMorgan downgraded Progressive from Overweight to Neutral on July 14 with a $250 price target, which had already driven a 3.2% decline in the prior session. The revenue shortfall compounded the negative sentiment from the downgrade, pushing losses deeper intraday. The broader Property & Casualty Insurance sector also traded lower, with Allstate down 2.99%, Hartford Insurance down 2.59%, Travelers down 2.18%, Chubb down 1.76%, and Markel down 0.53%.
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