Mears Group (MER)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

393.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      4.50p
  • 52 Week High: 396.00
  • 52 Week Low: 241.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 96.08m
  • Volume: 168,647
  • Market Cap: £378.06m
  • RiskGrade: 144

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Date: Thursday 25 Apr 2013

LONDON (ShareCast) - Barclays: Morgan Stanley lowers target price from 438p to 424p and reiterates an overweight rating.

Bellzone Mining: Investec reduces target price from 21p to 5.28p and downgrades to hold.

BG Group: Bank of America cuts target price from 1300p to 1250p retaining a neutral rating.

Brown (N) Group: Exane BNP raises target price from 310p to 370p and maintains an underperform rating. Citigroup takes target price from 360p to 435p reiterating a neutral rating.

Computacenter: JP Morgan reduces target price from 525p to 500p and downgrades from overweight to neutral. UBS moves target price from 600p to 530p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

DS Smith: Bank of America ups target price from 251p to 262p and keeps a buy recommendation. UBS moves target price from 270p to 280p maintaining its buy rating. HB Markets upgrades to buy.

Fenner: Investec downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 380p. Credit Suisse reduces target price from 415p to 390p and retains a neutral rating.

GemDiamonds: JP Morgan cuts target price from 193p to 172p, while staying with its overweight rating.

Go-Ahead Group: Investec moves target price from 1600p to 1625p reiterating a buy recommendation.

Halma: Investec revises target price from 560p to 540p and retains a buy recommendation.

Huntsworth: Numis moves target price from 65p to 80p maintaining a buy recommendation.

Hutchison China Medi: UBS ups target price from 520p to 590p keeping its buy recommendation.

International Personal Finance: Numis increases target price from 497p to 582p and retains a buy recommendation.

London Mining: Investec upgrades to buy with a target price of 128p.

Man Group: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 94p to 115p and leaves its equal-weight rating unchanged.

Mears Group: Jefferies shifts target price from 365p to 370p keeping a hold recommendation.

Mecom Group: Canaccord Genuity upgrades from hold to a speculative buy keeping its target price of 89p.

Mulberry Group: Goldman Sachs cuts target price from 1591p to 1392p and maintains its buy recommendation.

Next Fifteen Communications: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 133p to 114p and downgrades from buy to add.

Petropavlovsk: Citigroup cuts target price from 141p to 132p reiterating a sell recommendation.

Redrow: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 217p to 220p and leaves its hold recommendation unaltered. Citigroup moves target price from 195p to 220p, while downgrading to neutral.

SDL: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 484p to 480p and retains a hold recommendation. Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 400p to 372p, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.

Sprue Aegis: Westhouse Securities ups target price from 87p to 125p and retains a buy recommendation.

Standard Chartered: Nomura cuts target price from 2100p to 1950p, while staying with its buy recommendation.

Standard Life: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 360p to 410p upgrading to buy. HB Markets downgrades to hold.

Talvivaara Mining Company: JP Morgan reduces target price from 80p to 25p, while keeping a neutral rating.

Taylor Wimpey: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 68p to 72p, but still recommends selling.

UBM: JP Morgan shifts target price from 795p to 790p and maintains a neutral rating.

Unilever: Investec places its target price (prev.: 2900p) under review keeping its buy recommendation.

Vodafone Group: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 180p to 216p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.

WANdisco: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 1038p to 1060p maintaining a buy recommendation.

Whitbread: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 2710p to 2920p and upgrades to buy.

Zanaga Iron Ore Company: Investec reduces target price from 78p to 13.70p downgrading to hold.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

 

Mears Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 393.50p
Change Today 4.50p
% Change 1.16 %
52 Week High 396.00
52 Week Low 241.00
Volume 168,647
Shares Issued 96.08m
Market Cap £378.06m
RiskGrade 144

Mears Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
63.41% below the market average63.41% below the market average63.41% below the market average63.41% below the market average63.41% below the market average
8.89% above the sector average8.89% above the sector average8.89% above the sector average8.89% above the sector average8.89% above the sector average
Price Trend
94.55% above the market average94.55% above the market average94.55% above the market average94.55% above the market average94.55% above the market average
87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average
Income
41.38% above the market average41.38% above the market average41.38% above the market average41.38% above the market average41.38% above the market average
46.88% above the sector average46.88% above the sector average46.88% above the sector average46.88% above the sector average46.88% above the sector average
Growth
61.80% above the market average61.80% above the market average61.80% above the market average61.80% above the market average61.80% above the market average
47.47% above the sector average47.47% above the sector average47.47% above the sector average47.47% above the sector average47.47% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 2
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Mears Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 27-Jun-24 05-Oct-23
Paid 16-Jul-24 27-Oct-23
Amount 9.30p 3.70p

Trades for 29-May-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:54 19,821 @ 393.03p
16:45 12,700 @ 392.50p
16:35 28,780 @ 393.50p
16:35 116 @ 393.50p
16:35 4 @ 393.50p

Mears Group Key Personnel

Finance Director Andrew C M Smith
Chair Jim Clarke
CEO Lucas Critchley

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