The Progressive Corporation · PGR · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026

Progressive Caps Record 2025 With $9B Net Premiums and 40% ROE

Progressive's FY2025 Q4 results capped a year of strong underwriting performance, with $9 billion in net premiums written, a 40% comprehensive ROE, and a combined ratio below 96%. The company secured regulatory approval to raise operating leverage to 3.5:1 premiums-to-surplus, freeing $1.6 billion in capital that supported a $13.50 per share variable dividend paid in January 2026. Its investment portfolio grew to nearly $100 billion with a 7.33% return. Management remains focused on AI-driven underwriting, autonomous-vehicle data integration, and expanding into adjacent lines like life and pet insurance under its Three Horizons strategy. EPS of $4.67 beat the $4.44 consensus by 5.2%, though revenue of $19.5 billion came in 3.9% below estimates.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $125.44B market cap
100quality score

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.…

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $4.67 Consensus $4
EPS surprise +5.2% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $19.51B Consensus $20.30B
Revenue surprise -3.9% Reported versus consensus

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
PGR EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $3.21 Q1 '24 actual $3.73, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2.01 Q2 '24 actual $2.65, beat Q3 '24 estimate $3.69 Q3 '24 actual $3.58, miss Q2 '25 estimate $4.43 Q2 '25 actual $4.88, beat Q3 '25 estimate $4.99 Q3 '25 actual $4.05, miss Q4 '25 estimate $4.44 Q4 '25 actual $4.67, beat Q1 '26 estimate $4.85 Q1 '26 actual $4.81, miss Q2 '26 estimate $4.64 Q2 '26 actual $4.85, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3.99 Q4 '26 estimate $4.12 Q1 '27 estimate $4.40 Q2 '27 estimate $3.93
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Analyst Consensus ?

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

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$217.62Current
$85Low
$211.95Average
$309High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 12, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 27, 2026
Wells Fargo Underweight UnderweightMaintainAug 20, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform Market PerformUpgradeAug 20, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 17, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 4, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight UnderweightUpgradeJul 24, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainJul 16, 2026
BMO Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainJul 16, 2026
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 16, 2026
Mizuho Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 9, 2026
HSBC Hold HoldMaintainJul 6, 2026
Jefferies Hold HoldMaintainMar 24, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainFeb 4, 2026
Barclays Overweight Equal WeightUpgradeJan 8, 2026
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainOct 28, 2025
Raymond James Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 17, 2025
Roth MKM Buy BuyMaintainFeb 25, 2025
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainNov 8, 2024
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainAug 15, 2024
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 18, 2022
MKM Partners Buy BuyMaintainJul 18, 2022
Edward Jones Hold BuyDowngradeFeb 9, 2022
Wolfe Research Underperform UnderperformMaintainAug 17, 2021
Deutsche Bank Buy BuyMaintainFeb 1, 2021
B. Riley Securities Neutral BuyDowngradeMar 11, 2020
B. Riley FBR Neutral BuyDowngradeMar 11, 2020
B. Riley Neutral BuyDowngradeMar 11, 2020
Buckingham Research Neutral NeutralMaintainDec 6, 2019
Buckingham Neutral NeutralMaintainDec 6, 2019
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Market Perform OutperformDowngradeMay 17, 2018
Sandler O'Neill Buy HoldUpgradeMar 21, 2017
Bank of America Buy NeutralUpgradeMar 20, 2017
Bernstein Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJan 19, 2016
Sterne Agee CRT Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 21, 2015
JMP Securities Outperform Market OutperformMaintainSep 16, 2015
Janney Montgomery Scott Buy NeutralUpgradeJan 7, 2015
Janney Capital Buy NeutralUpgradeJan 7, 2015
Evercore Partners Equal Weight UnderweightUpgradeJul 15, 2014
William Blair Outperform UnderperformUpgradeMar 21, 2014
Nomura Reduce ReduceMaintainDec 12, 2013
RBC Capital Sector Perform OutperformDowngradeMar 14, 2013
Macquarie Underperform NeutralDowngradeJan 17, 2013
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $217.62. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
UBSBrian Meredith$234$222.51 +7.5%Aug 27, 2026
Roth CapitalHarry Fong$245$217.27 +12.6%Aug 20, 2026
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$230$216.15 +5.7%Aug 19, 2026
JefferiesAndrew Andersen$228$216.03 +4.8%Aug 19, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldRyan Tunis$200$207.7 -8.1%Aug 17, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$236$210.75 +8.4%Aug 5, 2026
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$210$207.07 -3.5%Jul 24, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$205$205.22 -5.8%Jul 16, 2026
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$198$205.22 -9.0%Jul 16, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$240$229.64 +10.3%Jul 10, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$243$232.9 +11.7%Jul 9, 2026
HSBCVikram Gandhi$221$232.22 +1.6%Jul 6, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$230$220.17 +5.7%Jun 30, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$205$224.34 -5.8%Jun 29, 2026
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$219$204.42 +0.6%Jun 18, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$208$197.89 -4.4%May 22, 2026
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$220$201.92 +1.1%May 20, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$221$201.23 +1.6%Apr 16, 2026
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$218$201.23 +0.2%Apr 16, 2026
BarclaysAlex Scott$247$202.79 +13.5%Mar 18, 2026
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$208$203.21 -4.4%Mar 11, 2026
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$259$212.8 +19.0%Mar 2, 2026
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$225$203.69 +3.4%Feb 23, 2026
UBSBrian Meredith$218$203.62 +0.2%Feb 23, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$230$203.52 +5.7%Feb 19, 2026
Roth CapitalAnalyst unavailable$235$203.32 +8.0%Feb 19, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$214$203.28 -1.7%Feb 19, 2026
JefferiesAnalyst unavailable$216$209.29 -0.7%Feb 11, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$226$208 +3.9%Feb 2, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$232$208.88 +6.6%Jan 29, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$224$201.97 +2.9%Jan 16, 2026
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$239$205.5 +9.8%Jan 15, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesYaron Kinar$240$205.83 +10.3%Jan 14, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$240$216.5 +10.3%Jan 13, 2026
BarclaysAlex Scott$265$209.1 +21.8%Jan 8, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$227$209.1 +4.3%Jan 7, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$237$213.98 +8.9%Jan 7, 2026
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$242$224.86 +11.2%Dec 19, 2025
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$253$227.27 +16.3%Dec 18, 2025
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$242$236.18 +11.2%Dec 15, 2025
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$256$223.16 +17.6%Dec 9, 2025
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$260$226 +19.5%Nov 21, 2025
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$247$222.93 +13.5%Nov 20, 2025
HSBCVikram Gandhi$259$225.14 +19.0%Nov 17, 2025
JefferiesAndrew Andersen$232$223.15 +6.6%Nov 14, 2025
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$245$216.64 +12.6%Oct 27, 2025
BarclaysAlex Scott$257$225.61 +18.1%Oct 20, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$214$225.61 -1.7%Oct 20, 2025
Raymond JamesAnalyst unavailable$265$223.34 +21.8%Oct 17, 2025
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$247$226.5 +13.5%Oct 16, 2025
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$246$226.5 +13.0%Oct 16, 2025
UBSAnalyst unavailable$261$244.82 +19.9%Oct 8, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$271$243.89 +24.5%Oct 8, 2025
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$273$247.51 +25.4%Oct 1, 2025
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$252$243.49 +15.8%Sep 18, 2025
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$265$243.49 +21.8%Sep 18, 2025
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$250$243.61 +14.9%Sep 17, 2025
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$267$249.21 +22.7%Aug 22, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$265$246.51 +21.8%Aug 11, 2025
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$330$288.24 +51.6%May 19, 2025
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$328$283.66 +50.7%May 7, 2025
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$294$246.74 +35.1%Nov 6, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$273$241.48 +25.4%Nov 4, 2024
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$292$250.74 +34.2%Oct 21, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$310$251.34 +42.5%Oct 18, 2024
CFRACatherine Seifert$290$252.61 +33.3%Oct 16, 2024
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$297$251.6 +36.5%Oct 16, 2024
CitigroupMichael Ward$257$255.36 +18.1%Oct 4, 2024
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$280$255.44 +28.7%Sep 17, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$300$255.46 +37.9%Sep 16, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesJoshua Shanker$309$255.46 +42.0%Sep 15, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$260$255.46 +19.5%Sep 14, 2024
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$282$251.31 +29.6%Sep 10, 2024
BarclaysAlex Scott$267$253.91 +22.7%Sep 4, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesJoshua Shanker$312$252.2 +43.4%Sep 3, 2024
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$252$234.34 +15.8%Aug 15, 2024
Goldman SachsAlex Scott$262$235.17 +20.4%Aug 15, 2024
Evercore ISIDavid Motemaden$257$234.34 +18.1%Aug 14, 2024
HSBCVikram Gandhi$253$222.99 +16.3%Aug 12, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$237$214.05 +8.9%Aug 7, 2024
JefferiesYaron Kinar$257$210 +18.1%Jul 17, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$255$212.53 +17.2%Jun 10, 2024
Wells FargoElyse Greenspan$243$209.22 +11.7%May 20, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$235$209.25 +8.0%May 16, 2024
CFRACatherine Seifert$235$206.59 +8.0%Apr 15, 2024
BMO CapitalMichael Zaremski$234$206.85 +7.5%Apr 15, 2024
JefferiesYaron Kinar$245$203.9 +12.6%Apr 12, 2024
Piper SandlerPaul Newsome$240$202.26 +10.3%Apr 12, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$247$206.15 +13.5%Apr 11, 2024
Evercore ISIDavid Motemaden$215$204.88 -1.2%Mar 15, 2024
Morgan StanleyBob Huang$227$196.01 +4.3%Mar 6, 2024
Raymond JamesGregory Peters$165$157.41 -24.2%Oct 16, 2023
CitigroupAnalyst unavailable$111$137.45 -49.0%Feb 1, 2023
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$109$126.58 -49.9%Dec 15, 2022
Raymond JamesGregory Peters$140$125.16 -35.7%Aug 29, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$130$127.48 -40.3%Aug 19, 2022
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$106$127.29 -51.3%Aug 18, 2022
MKM PartnersAnalyst unavailable$135$113.16 -38.0%Jul 18, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$121$112.9 -44.4%Jul 18, 2022
Credit SuisseAndrew Kligerman$124$106.95 -43.0%Apr 28, 2022
JefferiesYaron Kinar$90$108.72 -58.6%Jan 30, 2022
Evercore ISIDavid Motemaden$118$109.75 -45.8%Jan 14, 2022
MKM PartnersHarry Fong$115$101.33 -47.2%Dec 16, 2021
KBWMeyer Shields$92$101.33 -57.7%Dec 16, 2021
Morgan StanleyMichael Phillips CFA$85$94.61 -60.9%Jun 7, 2021
Piper SandlerNicole Miller Regan$96$94.65 -55.9%Apr 12, 2021
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Market reaction

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Stock move +2.2% Event window
SPY move -0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +2.2% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.4× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -0.5% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

EPS of $4.67 beat consensus of $4.44 by 5.2%. Revenue of $19.51 billion missed the $20.30 billion estimate by 3.9%. Operating leverage was raised to 3.5:1, freeing $1.6 billion in capital. A $13.50 per share variable dividend was paid in January 2026. The investment portfolio reached nearly $100 billion with a 7.33% return. The stock moved up 2.2% on the report with volume 1.4x above baseline.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its guidance stance, continuing to target the 3.5:1 operating leverage ratio, a variable dividend policy with modest share repurchases, and the Three Horizons product pipeline expansion including life and pet insurance. No explicit forward numerical guidance was provided, consistent with Progressive's historical practice.

Key takeaways

  • Full-year 2025 net premiums written reached $9 billion with market share growth to approximately 18.5% in private passenger auto
  • Comprehensive ROE of 40% and combined ratio below 96% reflect strong underwriting discipline
  • Regulators approved an increase in operating leverage to 3.5:1, freeing $1.6 billion in capital during 2025
  • A $13.50 per share variable dividend was paid in January 2026, reducing holding-company capital from $13 billion to $5 billion
  • The investment portfolio grew to nearly $100 billion, delivering a 7.33% return with an average AA- credit rating and 3.5-year duration

Management priorities

  • Continue moving operating leverage toward the 3.5:1 target
  • Maintain a variable dividend policy alongside modest share repurchases
  • Scale AI Strategy Council initiatives and expand generative-AI use cases
  • Advance the Three Horizons product pipeline, including life and pet insurance
  • Invest in usage-based insurance and autonomous-vehicle data integration for pricing refinement

Related earnings events

Financial Services

Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-07-28T23:11:58.408752+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-07-28T23:11:58.405332+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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