Dividends

MCYMercury General Corporation

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−2.3% today · +32.2% over a year

7/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 61% of the instruments we score

Dividend yield 1.27%.

Mercury General Corporation (MCY) dividends: trailing yield 1.27%, Dividend Safety 59/100.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.27%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.27%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.27
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
59 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.27% → 1.05%
Forward
1.27% → 1.05%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.05%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
−12.9%
Years of dividend growth
0
Years without a cut
3
Payout ratio (earnings)
8%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
6%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.623, 2017 $2.49, 2018 $2.50, 2019 $2.51, 2020 $2.52, 2021 $2.53, 2022 $1.91, 2023 $1.27, 2024 $1.27, 2025 $1.272016: $0.6232017: $2.492018: $2.502019: $2.512020: $2.522021: $2.532022: $1.912023: $1.272024: $1.272025: $1.27

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
10 Sep 2026—$0.318RegularSingle source1
11 Jun 2026—$0.318RegularSingle source1
12 Mar 2026—$0.318RegularSingle source1
10 Dec 2025—$0.318RegularSingle source1

Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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