Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

25.13p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.88p
  • 52 Week High: 36.50
  • 52 Week Low: 25.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 431.30m
  • Volume: 38,418
  • Market Cap: £108.36m
  • 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 3.5% 0.0%
Div Cover -1.9 1.0
Op Mrgn -40.6% 4.6%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 28.6
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 3.7 3.4
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 27.1 n/a n/a 0.96p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 35.99 1.55 0.93p 28.0 n/a -3% 1.01p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 40.40 n/a 1.46p 17.8 0.3 +57% 1.15p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Mercia appoints Head of Institutional Distribution 04-Mar-2025 07:00 RNS
TR-1: Notification of Major Holdings 07-Feb-2025 15:28 RNS
TR-1: Notification of Major Holdings 07-Feb-2025 15:26 RNS

MERC ShareCast News

Mercia to invest another £4m in Netacea 06-Dec-2024 ShareCast
Mercia Asset Management makes positive start to ... 26-Sep-2024 ShareCast
Mercia Asset Management reports record fund infl... 10-Apr-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 25.13p
Change Today -0.88p
% Change -3.37 %
52 Week High 36.50
52 Week Low 25.00
Volume 38,418
Shares Issued 431.30m
Market Cap £108.36m
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
31.54% above the market average31.54% above the market average31.54% above the market average31.54% above the market average31.54% above the market average
3.85% above the sector average3.85% above the sector average3.85% above the sector average3.85% above the sector average3.85% above the sector average
Price Trend
38.04% below the market average38.04% below the market average38.04% below the market average38.04% below the market average38.04% below the market average
45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average45.45% below the sector average
Income
71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average
87.1% below the sector average87.1% below the sector average87.1% below the sector average87.1% below the sector average87.1% below the sector average
Growth
72.73% below the market average72.73% below the market average72.73% below the market average72.73% below the market average72.73% below the market average
73.2% below the sector average73.2% below the sector average73.2% below the sector average73.2% below the sector average73.2% 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
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 05-Dec-24 03-Oct-24
Paid 08-Jan-25 01-Nov-24
Amount 0.37p 0.55p

Trades for 31-Mar-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
11:10 82 @ 26.00p
11:10 9 @ 26.00p
11:10 12 @ 26.00p
11:10 4,000 @ 25.03p
10:14 32,247 @ 25.00p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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