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Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Competitors

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GBX 30 +1.00 (+3.45%)
As of 04/17/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

MERC vs. SCS, PTV, BRGE, CHRY, SEIT, EOT, HONY, PHI, JPGI, and JLEN

Should you be buying Mercia Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercia Asset Management include ScS Group (SCS), PeerTV (PTV), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), Pollen Street (HONY), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), and JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN).

Mercia Asset Management vs.

ScS Group (LON:SCS) and Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Mercia Asset Management has a net margin of 1,438.02% compared to ScS Group's net margin of 1.37%. Mercia Asset Management's return on equity of 223.48% beat ScS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ScS Group1.37% 9.30% 2.77%
Mercia Asset Management 1,438.02%223.48%0.31%

74.1% of ScS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Mercia Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of ScS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Mercia Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ScS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share. Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ScS Group pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercia Asset Management pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercia Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mercia Asset Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ScS Group. ScS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercia Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ScS Group£325.86M0.00£4.45M£0.12N/A
Mercia Asset Management£30.34M4.35£436.32M£97.260.31

Mercia Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 64, suggesting a potential upside of 113.33%. Given Mercia Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than ScS Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ScS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Mercia Asset Management
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ScS Group received 148 more outperform votes than Mercia Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% of users gave ScS Group an outperform vote while only 69.61% of users gave Mercia Asset Management an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ScS GroupOutperform Votes
219
71.80%
Underperform Votes
86
28.20%
Mercia Asset ManagementOutperform Votes
71
69.61%
Underperform Votes
31
30.39%

In the previous week, ScS Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mercia Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ScS Group and 2 mentions for Mercia Asset Management. Mercia Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ScS Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Mercia Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ScS Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Mercia Asset Management
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ScS Group has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercia Asset Management has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mercia Asset Management beats ScS Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MERC vs. The Competition

MetricMercia Asset ManagementAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£131.94M£1.09B£3.66B£2.47B
Dividend Yield1.32%4.44%4.20%4.96%
P/E Ratio0.3124.0814.01129.75
Price / Sales4.352,224.361,657.54232,042.22
Price / Cash2.6060.9450.1928.05
Price / Book0.701.093.334.43
Net Income£436.32M£260.34M£1.23B£5.83B
7 Day Performance29.87%2.61%2.02%2.99%
1 Month Performance15.14%0.60%0.10%-1.08%
1 Year Performance-15.73%1.52%9.92%102.52%

Mercia Asset Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MERC
Mercia Asset Management
4.1277 of 5 stars
GBX 30
+3.4%
GBX 64
+113.3%
-15.3%£131.94M£30.34M0.313,320Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SCS
ScS Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£91.53M£325.86M2,250.0011,800
PTV
PeerTV
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
BRGE
BlackRock Greater Europe
N/AGBX 530.77
-1.2%
N/A-14.0%£518.06M£98.57M5.81N/A
CHRY
Chrysalis Investments
N/AGBX 92.50
flat
N/A+15.1%£515.33M£-20,592,873.095.32N/A
SEIT
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
N/AGBX 47
+1.1%
N/A-19.1%£514.39M£-45,069,717.60-9.08N/APositive News
EOT
European Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 824.04
-0.7%
N/A-2.9%£512.37M£90.47M6.40N/ANews Coverage
HONY
Pollen Street
N/AN/AN/AN/A£507.26MN/A975.31N/ANews Coverage
PHI
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
N/AGBX 539
-2.7%
N/A-10.4%£484.04M£42.03M18.1118,800News Coverage
Positive News
JPGI
Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£472.52M£93.27M5.01N/AHigh Trading Volume
JLEN
JLEN Environmental Assets Group
N/AGBX 71.30
+0.6%
N/A-18.7%£471.67M£-3,830,000.00-3,565.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:MERC) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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