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

Company Overview

Mercia is a regionally focused private capital asset manager with c.£2.0billion of AuM, investing across venture capital, private debt, private equity and property development finance. Our purpose is to deliver long-term value for investors while supporting the growth and resilience of the UK economy.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 29.19 to 30.45
• 50-Day Range: 27 to 30.50
• 52-Week Range: 25.13 to 34.76
• Volume: 83,807 shs
• Average Volume: 789,999 shs
• Market Capitalization: £127.17 million
• P/E Ratio: 38.44
• Dividend Yield: 3.29%
• Price Target: GBX 67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Mercia Asset Management Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mercia Asset Management scored higher than 64% 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: 3.7 / 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 no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Mercia Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 67, representing about 123.5% upside from its current price of GBX 29.98.

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 38.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mercia Asset Management is 38.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.93.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Mercia Asset Management has a P/B Ratio of 0.70. 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 3.29%, 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.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Mercia Asset Management is 121.79%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Mercia Asset Management has a news sentiment score of 1.47. 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 0.79 average news sentiment score 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

1 people have searched for MERC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 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

18.27% 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

33.86% of the stock of Mercia Asset Management is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 12/02/2025
• Today: 5/08/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: Business Supplies
• Current Symbol: LON:MERC
• 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 Price Target for Mercia Asset Management: GBX 67
• High Price Target: GBX 67
• Low Price Target: GBX 67
• Potential Upside/Downside: +123.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.00
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £436.32 million
• Net Margins: 9.81%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 1.79%
• Return on Assets: 0.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.62
• Current Ratio: 3.28
• Quick Ratio: 5.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £34.49 million
• Price / Sales: 3.69
• Cash Flow: GBX 11.54 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.60
• Book Value: GBX 42.90 per share
• Price / Book: 0.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 424,163,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £127.17 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.74