Mercia Asset Management (MERC)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE AIM All-Share

35.40p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.100p
  • 52 Week High: 36.00
  • 52 Week Low: 21.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 434.53m
  • Volume: 3,031,510
  • Market Cap: £153.82m
  • 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 2.4% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.7 1.6
Op Mrgn 0.0% 2.8%
ROCE 0.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 55.3 24.7
PEG n/a 0.2
Pr/Revenue 5.9 5.2
Pr/Book 0.8  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 11.6% 14.2%
PBT -91.2% -65.1%
EPS -89.2% 124.5%
DPS 7.5% 6.0%

MERC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-19 10.68 2.57 0.86p 40.1 0.7 +56% n/a 0.0%
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%

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-24 29.55 0.84 1.44p 24.6 0.2 +124% 0.91p 0.0%
31-Mar-25 33.95 1.98 1.14p 31.2 n/a -21% 0.95p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 36.70 n/a 1.19p 29.6 5.8 +5% 1.07p 0.0%

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MERC Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 16-Apr-2024 09:44 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 15-Apr-2024 09:12 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 12-Apr-2024 09:43 RNS

MERC ShareCast News

Mercia Asset Management reports record fund infl... 10-Apr-2024 ShareCast
Mercia Asset Management secures two new BBB mand... 21-Mar-2024 ShareCast
Mercia Asset Management invests further in three... 14-Mar-2024 ShareCast

Latest MERC Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
21-Mar-24 Sell Raymond Kenneth Chamberlain 32.50p 1,563,813 £508,239.21

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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 35.40p
Change Today -0.100p
% Change -0.28 %
52 Week High 36.00
52 Week Low 21.00
Volume 3,031,510
Shares Issued 434.53m
Market Cap £153.82m
RiskGrade 167

MERC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
19.71% above the market average19.71% above the market average19.71% above the market average19.71% above the market average19.71% above the market average
2.86% below the sector average2.86% below the sector average2.86% below the sector average2.86% below the sector average2.86% below the sector average
Price Trend
86.82% above the market average86.82% above the market average86.82% above the market average86.82% above the market average86.82% above the market average
84.48% above the sector average84.48% above the sector average84.48% above the sector average84.48% above the sector average84.48% above the sector average
Income
83.17% below the market average83.17% below the market average83.17% below the market average83.17% below the market average83.17% below the market average
93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average93.94% below the sector average
Growth
94.16% below the market average94.16% below the market average94.16% below the market average94.16% below the market average94.16% below the market average
88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average88.89% below the sector average88.89% 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 07-Dec-23 28-Sep-23
Paid 10-Jan-24 27-Oct-23
Amount 0.35p 0.53p

Trades for 16-Apr-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
10:56 1,000,000 @ 35.00p
10:57 1,000,000 @ 35.07p
15:56 100,000 @ 35.40p
16:35 19,349 @ 35.40p
16:35 16,626 @ 35.40p

MERC Key Personnel

CEO Mark Andrew Payton
CFO Martin James Glanfield

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