Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

29.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 36.50p
  • 52 Week Low: 21.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 431.30m
  • Volume: 399,667
  • Market Cap: £127.23m
  • 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 3.1% 0.0%
Div Cover -1.9 1.0
Op Mrgn -40.6% 4.7%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 30.0
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 4.2 3.5
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 17.6% 14.3%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS n/a n/a
DPS 4.7% 5.0%

MERC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-20 12.75 (17.61) (5.11)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
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%

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-25 34.80 1.65 0.95p 31.1 n/a n/a 0.95p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 35.80 1.60 0.93p 31.7 n/a -2% 0.98p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Notice of Interim Results 24-Oct-2024 07:00 RNS
Transfer of Treasury Shares 01-Oct-2024 13:57 RNS
Transfer of Treasury Shares 27-Sep-2024 13:08 RNS

MERC ShareCast News

Mercia Asset Management makes positive start to ... 26-Sep-2024 ShareCast
Mercia Asset Management reports record fund infl... 10-Apr-2024 ShareCast
Mercia Asset Management secures two new BBB mand... 21-Mar-2024 ShareCast

Latest MERC Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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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 29.50p
Change Today 1.00p
% Change 3.51 %
52 Week High 36.50p
52 Week Low 21.00p
Volume 399,667
Shares Issued 431.30m
Market Cap £127.23m
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
24.54% above the market average24.54% above the market average24.54% above the market average24.54% above the market average24.54% above the market average
0.92% below the sector average0.92% below the sector average0.92% below the sector average0.92% below the sector average0.92% below the sector average
Price Trend
26.42% above the market average26.42% above the market average26.42% above the market average26.42% above the market average26.42% above the market average
6.19% above the sector average6.19% above the sector average6.19% above the sector average6.19% above the sector average6.19% above the sector average
Income
75.1% below the market average75.1% below the market average75.1% below the market average75.1% below the market average75.1% below the market average
78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average
Growth
78.37% below the market average78.37% below the market average78.37% below the market average78.37% below the market average78.37% below the market average
80.58% below the sector average80.58% below the sector average80.58% below the sector average80.58% below the sector average80.58% 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 03-Oct-24 07-Dec-23
Paid 01-Nov-24 10-Jan-24
Amount 0.55p 0.35p

Trades for 31-Oct-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:03 17,543 @ 29.36p
15:51 2,812 @ 29.35p
15:50 2,790 @ 29.35p
14:41 2,000 @ 30.00p
13:34 2,000 @ 30.00p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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