Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Mercia Asset Management PLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed EIS, early stage, emerging growth, mid venture, late stage and growth capital investments. It invests in technology focusing on sectors such as digital entertainment, consumer services, media, retailing, energy, healthcare, industrials, materials, real estate, telecommunication services, gaming, internet, software, electronics and hardware, advanced materials, transportation, biosciences, engineering and specialist manufacturing, and life sciences. The firm invests in Midlands, North of the United Kingdom, the North of England, and Scotland. It typically invest between £1 million ($1.25 million) and £10 million ($12.52 million). The firm also makes equity investments in companies either directly or via its funds under management and can also provide investments in form of debt or convertible securities. It prefers to take majority or minority stake in its portfolio companies. It seeks board position in its portfolio companies. Mercia Asset Management PLC was founded in April, 2014 and is based in Henley-in-Arden, United Kingdom with additional offices in Europe.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 30.38 to 31.25
• 50-Day Range: 27.50 to 35.30
• 52-Week Range: 21.20 to 37
• Volume: 337,894 shs
• Average Volume: 804,015 shs
• Market Capitalization: £133.70 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.23%
• Price Target: GBX 64
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Mercia Asset Management Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mercia Asset Management scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Mercia Asset Management 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 Coverage

Mercia Asset Management has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Mercia Asset Management is -1,550.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mercia Asset Management is -1,550.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Mercia Asset Management has a P/B Ratio of 0.72. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MERC.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Mercia Asset Management pays a meaningful dividend of 2.86%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Mercia Asset Management does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MERC.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Mercia Asset Management has a news sentiment score of 0.72. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Mercia Asset Management this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for MERC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Mercia Asset Management insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

27.11% of the stock of Mercia Asset Management is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

62.72% of the stock of Mercia Asset Management is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

MERC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MERC shares performed this year?

Mercia Asset Management's stock was trading at GBX 30.20 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, MERC shares have increased by 2.6% and is now trading at GBX 31.
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How do I buy shares of Mercia Asset Management?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Mercia Asset Management own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Mercia Asset Management investors own include 4D pharma (DDDD), Omega Diagnostics Group (ODX), Tullow Oil (TLW), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Coats Group (COA), Eurasia Mining (EUA) and genedrive (GDR).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 11/1 Dividend: 10/03/2024
• Dividend Payable: 11/01/2024
• Today: 11/17/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: Business Supplies
• Current Symbol: LON:MERC
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.merciatechnologies.com
• Phone: 44 3302 231 430
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,320
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 64
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 64
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 64
• Potential Upside/Downside: +106.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (0.02)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 33.09
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £-7,580,000.00
• Net Margins: -24.92%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -3.87%
• Return on Assets: 0.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.37
• Current Ratio: 4.41
• Quick Ratio: 5.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £30.43 million
• Price / Sales: 4.39
• Cash Flow: GBX 11.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.60
• Book Value: GBX 43 per share
• Price / Book: 0.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 431,300,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £133.70 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.20