Progressive Shares Up 5% On 26% Increase In April Net Premiums Written


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


  • Progressive Corp (NYSE:PGR) issued monthly results today, reporting an increase in net premiums written of 26% Y/Y to $6.08 billion in April.
  • Net premium earned rose 18% Y/Y to $5.46 billion and total policies in force grew 11% Y/Y to 29.3 million, last month.
  • The company generated revenues of $5.74 billion in April. 
  • The company also reported a net income of $196.3 million versus a net loss of $198.3 million in April 2022.
  • The combined ratio stood at 97.9% versus 95.5% in April 2022.
  • The company's personal and commercial auto products witnessed unfavorable development of about 85% and 20% of the average monthly reserve, respectively, in April.
  • Last month, Progressive reported first quarter 2023 EPS of $0.65 compared to the analyst consensus estimate of $1.37, representing a 52.55% negative earnings surprise
  • The company reported quarterly sales of $13.53 billion versus consensus of $15.87 billion, representing negative earnings of 14.73%.
  • Price Action: PGR shares are trading higher by 5.72% at $137.18 Wednesday at publication.
  • Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash

27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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