Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

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Financials

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FTSE AIM All-Share

 33.30p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 36.50
  • 52 Week Low: 22.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 431.81m
  • Volume: 428,896
  • Market Cap: £143.79m
  • RiskGrade: 167
  • Beta: 0.00

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 41.6 32.6
PEG n/a 1.2
Pr/Revenue 4.1 4.1
Pr/Book 0.8  
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 32.9 1.2 +26% 1.01p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 36.80 3.09 1.26p 26.4 1.1 +24% 1.06p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 01-Aug-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 31-Jul-2025 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Dealings 29-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

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
28-Jul-25 Buy Martin James Glanfield 33.24p 157,475 £52,344.69
28-Jul-25 Buy Mark Andrew Payton 32.95p 2,939 £968.40
28-Jul-25 Buy Mark Andrew Payton 32.88p 51,479 £16,926.29

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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 33.30p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 36.50
52 Week Low 22.50
Volume 428,896
Shares Issued 431.81m
Market Cap £143.79m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
15.52% below the market average15.52% below the market average15.52% below the market average15.52% below the market average15.52% below the market average
25.25% below the sector average25.25% below the sector average25.25% below the sector average25.25% below the sector average25.25% below the sector average
Price Trend
76.87% above the market average76.87% above the market average76.87% above the market average76.87% above the market average76.87% above the market average
68.63% above the sector average68.63% above the sector average68.63% above the sector average68.63% above the sector average68.63% above the sector average
Income
71.39% below the market average71.39% below the market average71.39% below the market average71.39% below the market average71.39% below the market average
83.05% below the sector average83.05% below the sector average83.05% below the sector average83.05% below the sector average83.05% below the sector average
Growth
17.95% below the market average17.95% below the market average17.95% below the market average17.95% below the market average17.95% below the market average
27.66% below the sector average27.66% below the sector average27.66% below the sector average27.66% below the sector average27.66% 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 02-Oct-25 05-Dec-24
Paid 31-Oct-25 08-Jan-25
Amount 0.58p 0.37p

Trades for 01-Aug-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
14:54 85,000 @ 33.00p
14:54 85,000 @ 33.00p
14:23 7,500 @ 33.00p
13:21 83,109 @ 33.00p
14:00 65,000 @ 33.00p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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