Mears Group (MER)

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264.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 291.75p
  • 52 Week Low: 205.50p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 87.75m
  • Volume: 35,653
  • Market Cap: £232.10m
  • RiskGrade: 103
  • Beta: 0.21

Mears Group Overview

Mears Group is in the support services sector and is currently trading at 264.50p per share. In the last year Mears Group's share price has ranged from 205.50p to 291.75p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.8% 3.2%
Div Cover 3.6 3.4
Op Mrgn 3.9% 5.4%
ROCE 25.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.7 9.4
PEG 1.1 2.5
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.4
Pr/Book 1.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.4% 9.7%
PBT 25.9% 68.4%
EPS 8.8% 3.7%
DPS 11.1% 11.8%

Mears Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 304.62 15.45 16.99p 13.8 0.8 +17% 4.00p 1.7%
31-Dec-08 420.38 16.58 19.60p 13.5 0.9 +15% 4.75p 1.8%
31-Dec-09 470.15 18.38 22.67p 12.3 0.8 +16% 5.70p 2.0%
31-Dec-10 523.93 16.35 24.96p 12.1 1.2 +10% 6.75p 2.2%
31-Dec-11 588.97 20.58 27.16p 8.1 0.9 +9% 7.50p 3.4%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Mears Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 646.14 34.66 28.18p 9.4 2.5 +4% 8.38p 3.2%
31-Dec-13 685.32 37.33 30.23p 8.8 1.2 +7% 9.15p 3.5%

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Mears Group Company Announcements

Interim Management Statement 14-May-2012 07:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 30-Apr-2012 07:00 RNS
Annual Financial Report 27-Apr-2012 12:31 RNS

Mears Group ShareCast News

Monday broker round-up - UPDATE 14-May-2012 ShareCast
Mears Chairman sells all of his ordinary shares 23-Mar-2012 ShareCast
Mears up on forecast beating profits 20-Mar-2012 ShareCast

Mears Group Top Newspaper Links

Mears picks up Connaught deals 14-Sep-2010 The Independent
Mears revels in Connaught's woes as cuts fuel de... 18-Aug-2010 The Independent
Mears bullish over trading 04-Jun-2009 The Scotsman

Latest Mears Group 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.

 

Mears Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 264.50p
Change Today -1.00p
% Change -0.38 %
52 Week High 291.75p
52 Week Low 205.50p
Volume 35,653
Shares Issued 87.75m
Market Cap £232.10m
Beta 0.21
RiskGrade 103

Mears Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
69.15% below the market average69.15% below the market average69.15% below the market average69.15% below the market average69.15% below the market average
62.03% below the sector average62.03% below the sector average62.03% below the sector average62.03% below the sector average62.03% below the sector average
Price Trend
56.58% above the market average56.58% above the market average56.58% above the market average56.58% above the market average56.58% above the market average
44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average44.83% above the sector average
Income
8.41% above the market average8.41% above the market average8.41% above the market average8.41% above the market average8.41% above the market average
2.80% above the sector average2.80% above the sector average2.80% above the sector average2.80% above the sector average2.80% above the sector average
Growth
18.59% above the market average18.59% above the market average18.59% above the market average18.59% above the market average18.59% above the market average
32.93% above the sector average32.93% above the sector average32.93% above the sector average32.93% above the sector average32.93% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Mears Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 13-Jun-12 12-Oct-11
Paid 03-Jul-12 02-Nov-11
Amount 5.35p 2.15p

Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:49 4,260 @ 260.77p
16:35 391 @ 264.50p
16:27 170 @ 263.75p
16:06 904 @ 262.00p
16:06 703 @ 262.00p

Mears Group Key Personnel

Chair Robert (Bob) Holt
CEO David Miles
Finance Director Andrew C M Smith

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