Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SCS or MERC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ScS Group	£325.86M	0.28	£4.45M	£0.12	2,250.00
Mercia Asset Management	£30.43M	4.39	-£7.58M	-£0.02	-1,550.00

Do analysts rate SCS or MERC?

Mercia Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 64, indicating a potential upside of 106.45%. 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SCS or MERC?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SCS or MERC?

ScS Group received 149 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 69.31% of users gave Mercia Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ScS Group	Outperform Votes 219 71.80%	Underperform Votes 86 28.20%
Mercia Asset Management	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%

Is SCS or MERC more profitable?

ScS Group has a net margin of 1.37% compared to Mercia Asset Management's net margin of -24.92%. ScS Group's return on equity of 9.30% beat Mercia Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ScS Group	1.37%	9.30%	2.77%
Mercia Asset Management	-24.92%	-3.87%	0.31%

Is SCS or MERC a better dividend stock?

ScS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer SCS or MERC?

In the previous week, ScS Group and ScS Group both had 1 articles in the media. Mercia Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat ScS Group's score of 0.08 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mercia Asset Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SCS or MERC?

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

Summary

ScS Group beats Mercia Asset Management on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.