Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

 27.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 27.50
  • 52 Week Low: 26.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 420.93m
  • Volume: 348,172
  • Market Cap: £113.65m
  • RiskGrade: 167

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 3.8% 0.0%
Div Cover -2.0 1.1
Op Mrgn -26.0% 10.6%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 36.5
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 3.2 3.6
Pr/Book 0.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -3.0% 2.5%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS n/a n/a
DPS 5.3% 6.0%

MERC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 80.00p 0.3 n/a n/a 0.95p 3.7%
31-Mar-26 34.14 (7.66) (2.00)p n/a n/a n/a 1.00p 3.6%

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-27 35.00 3.72 1.19p 22.7 n/a n/a 1.06p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 10-Mar-2026 07:00 RNS
Mercia investee Tozaro raises £6m in funding round 16-Feb-2026 16:41 Business Wire
Transaction in Own Shares 02-Jan-2026 07:00 RNS

MERC ShareCast News

Transaction in Own Shares 10-Mar-2026 ShareCast
Mercia investee Tozaro raises £6m in funding round 16-Feb-2026 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 02-Jan-2026 ShareCast

Latest MERC Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
20-Aug-26 Buy Martin James Glanfield 26.50p 104,132 £27,594.98
20-Aug-26 Buy Mark Andrew Payton 27.40p 65,677 £17,995.50
20-Aug-26 Buy Mark Andrew Payton 27.00p 56,083 £15,142.41

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 27.00p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 27.50
52 Week Low 26.50
Volume 348,172
Shares Issued 420.93m
Market Cap £113.65m
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
13.94% below the market average13.94% below the market average13.94% below the market average13.94% below the market average13.94% below the market average
20.41% below the sector average20.41% below the sector average20.41% below the sector average20.41% below the sector average20.41% below the sector average
Price Trend
42.34% above the market average42.34% above the market average42.34% above the market average42.34% above the market average42.34% above the market average
14.85% above the sector average14.85% above the sector average14.85% above the sector average14.85% above the sector average14.85% above the sector average
Income
67.6% below the market average67.6% below the market average67.6% below the market average67.6% below the market average67.6% below the market average
82.76% below the sector average82.76% below the sector average82.76% below the sector average82.76% below the sector average82.76% below the sector average
Growth
17.75% below the market average17.75% below the market average17.75% below the market average17.75% below the market average17.75% below the market average
26.88% below the sector average26.88% below the sector average26.88% below the sector average26.88% below the sector average26.88% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

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

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 01-Oct-26 11-Dec-25
Paid 30-Oct-26 14-Jan-26
Amount 0.61p 0.39p

Trades for 26-Aug-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
14:50 13,480 @ 26.55p
13:57 11,368 @ 26.56p
13:25 2,000 @ 26.89p
12:53 20 @ 27.50p
12:53 132 @ 26.50p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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