The Progressive Corporation · PGR · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025

Progressive: Strong growth, efficient claims technology, tariff risks

The supplied analysis supports a constructive operating picture: strong premium and policy growth, high profitability and improving claims efficiency provide evidence for continued earnings resilience. The main tests are whether tariff-related loss costs, retention pressure and competitive pricing erode that advantage.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $129.58B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $3.43
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus —
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +0.6% Event window
SPY move -0.4% Same window
Abnormal move +1.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.4× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +13.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The latest analysis added a stronger focus on tariff exposure, machine-vision expansion and digital claims productivity. Management also emphasized maintaining flexible advertising, expanding auto-home bundling and investing toward a combined-ratio target of 96 or better.

Guidance delta

Maintained; management continued to target a combined ratio at or below 96 while investing in people, data and technology.

Key takeaways

  • Management described record 2024 premium growth and policy additions.
  • A combined ratio of 88.8 provided profitability headroom versus the 96 target.
  • AI-enabled photo estimating and digital claims tools were highlighted as efficiency drivers.
  • Management is modeling potential tariff effects while working on retention and bundling.

Management priorities

  • Scale AI-driven photo estimating and machine-vision capabilities.
  • Expand auto-home bundles and continue derisking the property portfolio.
  • Use flexible, performance-based advertising to support growth.
  • Invest in people, data and technology while targeting a combined ratio at or below 96.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
PGR REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $18B Q4 '23 actual $17B, miss Q1 '24 estimate $17B Q1 '24 actual $17B, miss Q2 '24 estimate $18B Q2 '24 actual $18B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $19B Q3 '24 actual $19B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $20B Q2 '25 actual $20B, miss Q3 '25 estimate $22B Q3 '25 actual $21B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $20B Q4 '25 actual $20B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $23B Q1 '26 actual $24B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $19B Q2 '26 actual $21B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $23B Q4 '26 estimate $21B Q1 '27 estimate $24B Q2 '27 estimate $23B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold42 ratings
Bullish1638.1%
Neutral2252.4%
Bearish49.5%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$209.1Current
$85Low
$214.21Average
$309High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 7, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 5, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 18, 2026
Mizuho Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 16, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 27, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $209.1. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$216$212.05 +3.3%Oct 7, 2026
Raymond JamesGregory Peters$245$213.48 +17.2%Sep 21, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesYaron Kinar$230$221.31 +10.0%Sep 16, 2026
UBSBrian Meredith$234$222.51 +11.9%Aug 27, 2026
Roth CapitalHarry Fong$245$217.27 +17.2%Aug 20, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

The Progressive Corporation, an insurance holding company, offers a comprehensive range of insurance products and associated services across the United States. Its portfolio includes personal and commercial vehicle coverage, residential and commercial property protection, general liability, and various other specialized property-casualty insurance options. The company's operations are structured into three main divisions: Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, and Property. Within the Personal Lines segment, Progressive provides coverage for individual automobiles and recreational vehicles. Offerings range from standard personal auto policies to specialized options for motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), RVs, watercraft, snowmobiles, and similar forms of personal transport. The Commercial Lines division focuses on providing primary liability and physical damage insurance for business vehicles, alongside general liability and property insurance tailored for commercial applications.…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-01-26T07:25:51.343212+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-14T13:20:42.666698+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-14T13:20:42.664480+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-14. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.