Progressive Corporation (PGR)☆

Progressive is one of the largest U.S. auto insurers. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

Progressive Corporation trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol PGR. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $207.95, up 1.04% on the session, giving Progressive Corporation a market capitalization of roughly $120.90B.

Over the past 52 weeks, PGR has traded between $189.20 and $254.93. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 10.3, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Progressive Corporation also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 6.75%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, Progressive Corporation is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch PGR for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, Progressive Corporation's size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making PGR a stock that even index investors pay attention to.