LON:MER Mears Group (MER) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 388 +3.00 (+0.78%) (As of 10/17/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades About Mears Group Stock (LON:MER) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Mears Group alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 377▼ 389.5050-Day Range 338▼ 39152-Week Range 249.82▼ 398Volume147,013 shsAverage Volume391,235 shsMarket Capitalization£349.04 millionP/E Ratio946.34Dividend Yield3.61%Price TargetGBX 420Consensus RatingBuy Company OverviewMears Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides various outsourced services to the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. The company offers rapid-response and planned maintenance services to local authorities; gas and repair services; and maintenance and repairs, capital works, energy investment, and regeneration solutions for public buildings, as well as grounds maintenance services. It provides housing management services, which include supply of affordable homes to public and private sectors; emergency and temporary accommodation services; affordable housing/social housing management; housing with care services; private rented sector; stock acquisition; mears housing solutions; and housing services to central government departments. In addition, the company offers house building services; and facilities management services to the public and private sectors, including defense estates, education, healthcare, public buildings, and commercial office accommodation. Further, the company provides housing technology; insurance; property acquisition; housebuilding; and housing registered services. Mears Group plc was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Gloucester, the United Kingdom.Read More… Has Trump Finally Gone Too Far? (Ad)Lately, there's been a lot of buzz around a secret loophole executive insiders are using to make millions buying and selling their own stocks. It's so powerful ... so profitable ... that most people immediately assume this is just another example of Trump doing what's best for business executives. But surprisingly, this loophole has been on the books for many years and executives have been using it to make HUNDREDS of millions of dollars. And here's the good news.Register For The Webinar To Discover Mears Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks40th Percentile Overall ScoreMER MarketRank™: Mears Group scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion1.5 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingMears Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageMears Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.Read more about Mears Group's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Mears Group is 946.34, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 133.47.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Mears Group is 946.34, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 357.16.Price to Earnings Growth RatioMears Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.68. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioMears Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.00. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for MER. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend LeadershipMears Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.76%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthMears Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Mears Group is 3,414.63%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Read more about Mears Group's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for MER. News and Social Media2.6 / 5News Sentiment0.64 News SentimentMears Group has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.36 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Mears Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.MarketBeat FollowsOnly 1 people have added Mears Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership3.3 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Mears Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £42,875.70 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.76% of the stock of Mears Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions102.02% of the stock of Mears Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Mears Group's insider trading history. Receive MER Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Mears Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address MER Stock News HeadlinesCalculating The Intrinsic Value Of Mears Group plc (LON:MER)October 14 at 3:56 AM | finance.yahoo.comWe Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And Mears Group (LON:MER) Passed With EaseSeptember 27, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comThis man beat out 16,000 stock pickers to earn the #1 spotThere are very few people in this world who are considered “the best” in their field. 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Since then, MER stock has increased by 25.2% and is now trading at GBX 388. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How were Mears Group's earnings last quarter? Mears Group plc (LON:MER) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 13th. The company reported $9.16 EPS for the quarter. Mears Group had a net margin of 3.67% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.06%. How do I buy shares of Mears Group? Shares of MER stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.Compare Top Brokerages Here. What other stocks do shareholders of Mears Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Mears Group investors own include Topps Tiles (TPT), Vertu Motors (VTU), Currys (CURY), BT Group (BT), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), Barclays (BARC) and BT Group (BT.A). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/13/2019Ex-Dividend for 10/3 Dividend9/12/2024Dividend Payable10/03/2024Today10/17/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorConsumer Cyclical Industry Personal Services Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:MER CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.mearsgroup.co.uk Phone+44-87-06071400FaxN/AEmployees5,000Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetGBX 420 High Stock Price TargetGBX 420 Low Stock Price TargetGBX 420 Potential Upside/Downside+8.2%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage1 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)GBX 0.41 Trailing P/E Ratio946.34 Forward P/E Ratio11.93 P/E Growth0.68Net Income£41.93 million Net Margins3.67% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity21.06% Return on Assets5.86% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio137.41 Current Ratio0.87 Quick Ratio0.92 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£1.14 billion Price / Sales0.31 Cash FlowGBX 165.80 per share Price / Cash Flow2.34 Book ValueGBX 194 per share Price / Book2.00Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares89,960,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£349.04 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.26 These 7 Stocks Will Be Magnificent in 2024With average gains of 150% since the start of 2023, now is the time to give these stocks a look and pump up your 2024 portfolio.Get This Free Report This page (LON:MER) was last updated on 10/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT abou...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredRetire off just one stock ticker?ONE AI Stock is All You Need... 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