Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

32.40p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.60p
  • 52 Week High: 36.50
  • 52 Week Low: 22.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 431.08m
  • Volume: 587,939
  • Market Cap: £139.67m
  • 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 1.0
Op Mrgn 7.9% 7.4%
ROCE 1.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 40.5 33.9
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 4.0 3.3
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 15.7% -0.7%
PBT n/a -51.4%
EPS n/a 26.5%
DPS 5.6% 6.7%

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 34.97 2.60 1.01p 32.0 1.2 +26% 1.01p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 36.80 3.09 1.26p 25.7 1.0 +24% 1.06p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 07-Jul-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 04-Jul-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 03-Jul-2025 07:00 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 32.40p
Change Today -0.60p
% Change -1.82 %
52 Week High 36.50
52 Week Low 22.50
Volume 587,939
Shares Issued 431.08m
Market Cap £139.67m
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
54.7% below the market average54.7% below the market average54.7% below the market average54.7% below the market average54.7% below the market average
68% below the sector average68% below the sector average68% below the sector average68% below the sector average68% below the sector average
Price Trend
57.15% above the market average57.15% above the market average57.15% above the market average57.15% above the market average57.15% above the market average
18.45% above the sector average18.45% above the sector average18.45% above the sector average18.45% above the sector average18.45% above the sector average
Income
58.46% below the market average58.46% below the market average58.46% below the market average58.46% below the market average58.46% below the market average
86.89% below the sector average86.89% below the sector average86.89% below the sector average86.89% below the sector average86.89% below the sector average
Growth
18.49% below the market average18.49% below the market average18.49% below the market average18.49% below the market average18.49% 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 07-Jul-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:37 115,000 @ 32.17p
16:35 7,617 @ 32.40p
16:35 7,617 @ 32.40p
16:29 1,140 @ 34.00p
16:29 9 @ 32.00p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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