Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

27.17p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.53p
  • 52 Week High: 36.50
  • 52 Week Low: 27.07
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 431.30m
  • Volume: 89,583
  • Market Cap: £117.17m
  • 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 3.2% 0.0%
Div Cover -1.9 1.0
Op Mrgn -40.6% 4.6%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 28.8
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 3.9 3.5
Pr/Book 0.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 17.6% 13.4%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS n/a n/a
DPS 4.7% 6.7%

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 34.50 1.58 0.96p 28.8 n/a n/a 0.96p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 35.99 1.55 0.93p 29.8 n/a -3% 1.01p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 40.40 n/a 1.46p 19.0 0.3 +57% 1.15p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Transfer of Treasury Shares 20-Dec-2024 07:00 RNS
Netacea receives additional investment 06-Dec-2024 07:00 RNS
Interim Results 26-Nov-2024 07:00 RNS

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 27.17p
Change Today -0.53p
% Change -1.93 %
52 Week High 36.50
52 Week Low 27.07
Volume 89,583
Shares Issued 431.30m
Market Cap £117.17m
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
26.61% above the market average26.61% above the market average26.61% above the market average26.61% above the market average26.61% above the market average
4.67% above the sector average4.67% above the sector average4.67% above the sector average4.67% above the sector average4.67% above the sector average
Price Trend
38.01% below the market average38.01% below the market average38.01% below the market average38.01% below the market average38.01% below the market average
26.13% below the sector average26.13% below the sector average26.13% below the sector average26.13% below the sector average26.13% below the sector average
Income
66.35% below the market average66.35% below the market average66.35% below the market average66.35% below the market average66.35% below the market average
81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average81.25% below the sector average
Growth
76.78% below the market average76.78% below the market average76.78% below the market average76.78% below the market average76.78% below the market average
82.18% below the sector average82.18% below the sector average82.18% below the sector average82.18% below the sector average82.18% 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
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 05-Dec-24 03-Oct-24
Paid 08-Jan-25 01-Nov-24
Amount 0.37p 0.55p

Trades for 07-Jan-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
10:19 45,000 @ 27.53p
10:09 2 @ 27.59p
10:09 3 @ 27.59p
10:09 5,000 @ 27.54p
10:09 223 @ 27.60p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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