Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

33.25p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.25p
  • 52 Week High: 36.50
  • 52 Week Low: 22.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 431.27m
  • Volume: 40,452
  • Market Cap: £143.40m
  • RiskGrade: 167
  • Beta: 0.04

MERC Overview

Mercia is a proactive, specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. Mercia provides capital across its four asset classes of balance sheet, venture, private equity and debt capital; the Group’s 'Complete Capital Solution'. The Group initially nurtures businesses via its third-party funds under management then, over time, Mercia can provide further funding to the most promising companies by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its own balance sheet.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.8 0.8
Op Mrgn 7.9% n/a
ROCE 1.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 41.2 33.9
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 4.0 3.3
Pr/Book 0.8  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 15.7% 2.3%
PBT n/a -100.0%
EPS n/a 1.5%
DPS 5.6% 7.4%

MERC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-21 23.41 34.02 7.83p 4.0 n/a n/a 0.40p 1.3%
31-Mar-22 23.18 27.36 5.93p 5.7 n/a -24% 0.80p 2.4%
31-Mar-23 25.88 2.41 0.64p 41.3 n/a -89% 0.86p 3.3%
31-Mar-24 30.43 (8.21) (1.71)p n/a n/a n/a 0.90p 2.7%
31-Mar-25 35.20 5.35 0.80p 31.9 n/a n/a 0.95p 3.7%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

MERC Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-26 36.00 n/a 0.81p 40.6 27.1 +2% 1.02p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 40.40 n/a 1.46p 22.6 0.3 +80% 1.15p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 03-Jul-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 02-Jul-2025 09:42 RNS
Share buyback programme 01-Jul-2025 07:20 RNS

MERC ShareCast News

Mercia makes direct investments in two portfolio... 13-May-2025 ShareCast
Mercia flags forecast-busting full-year earnings 16-Apr-2025 ShareCast
Mercia to invest another £4m in Netacea 06-Dec-2024 ShareCast

Latest MERC Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

MERC Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 33.25p
Change Today 0.25p
% Change 0.76 %
52 Week High 36.50
52 Week Low 22.50
Volume 40,452
Shares Issued 431.27m
Market Cap £143.40m
Beta 0.04
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
54.66% below the market average54.66% below the market average54.66% below the market average54.66% below the market average54.66% below the market average
70.3% below the sector average70.3% below the sector average70.3% below the sector average70.3% below the sector average70.3% below the sector average
Price Trend
57.46% above the market average57.46% above the market average57.46% above the market average57.46% above the market average57.46% above the market average
20.39% above the sector average20.39% above the sector average20.39% above the sector average20.39% above the sector average20.39% above the sector average
Income
59.28% below the market average59.28% below the market average59.28% below the market average59.28% below the market average59.28% below the market average
90.16% below the sector average90.16% below the sector average90.16% below the sector average90.16% below the sector average90.16% below the sector average
Growth
18.77% below the market average18.77% below the market average18.77% below the market average18.77% below the market average18.77% below the market average
20.43% below the sector average20.43% below the sector average20.43% below the sector average20.43% below the sector average20.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 2
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MERC Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 02-Oct-25 05-Dec-24
Paid 31-Oct-25 08-Jan-25
Amount 0.58p 0.37p

Trades for 03-Jul-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
09:27 36,050 @ 33.40p
08:05 2 @ 33.40p
08:00 4,400 @ 34.00p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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