ASX:MCYMercury NZ Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Mercury NZ Ltd Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add A$4.64 -0.03 (-0.64 %) (As of 05/13/2020) Add Compare Share Today's RangeA$4.58Now: A$4.64▼A$4.6450-Day RangeA$4.64MA: A$4.64▼A$4.6452-Week RangeA$3.66Now: A$4.64▼A$5.44Volume4,167 shsAverage VolumeN/AMarket Capitalization$6.32 billionP/E Ratio39.66Dividend Yield3.36%BetaN/A ProfileAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesHeadlinesOptions Chain Mercury NZ Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, trading, and sale of electricity in New Zealand. The company operates through Energy Markets and Others segments. It operates nine hydro generation stations on the Waikato River; and five geothermal generation stations in the central North Island. The company sells electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers through GLOBUG brands. It also provides metering infrastructure solutions to electricity retailers; and sells solar equipment. The company was formerly known as Mighty River Power Limited and changed its name to Mercury NZ Limited in July 2016. Mercury NZ Limited was founded in 1998 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Mercury NZ. Previous Next 2.4 Community Rank Outperform VotesMercury NZ has received 13 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesMercury NZ has received 14 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentMercury NZ has received 51.85% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Mercury NZ and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe MCY will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe MCY will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.8 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldMercury NZ pays a meaningful dividend of 3.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthMercury NZ does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Mercury NZ is 128.21%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Mercury NZ insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Mercury NZ is 39.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.83.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Mercury NZ is 39.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 31.63.Price to Book Value per Share RatioMercury NZ has a P/B Ratio of 2.81. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 0.0Community Rank: 2.4Dividend Strength: 0.8Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™0.65 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange ASX Industry Utilities - Independent Power Producers Sub-IndustryN/A SectorUtilities Current SymbolASX:MCY Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.mercury.co.nz Phone64 9 308 8200Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio35.89 Current Ratio0.57 Quick Ratio0.43Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio39.66 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual SalesN/A Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueA$1.65 per share Price / Book2.81Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees891 Outstanding Shares1,362,300,032Market Cap$6.32 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableOptionable Receive MCY News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for MCY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Mercury NZ (ASX:MCY) Frequently Asked Questions How has Mercury NZ's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Mercury NZ's stock was trading at A$4.51 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MCY stock has increased by 2.9% and is now trading at A$4.64. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. How often does Mercury NZ pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Mercury NZ? Mercury NZ declared a Interim dividend on Wednesday, February 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.061 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. This is an increase from Mercury NZ's previous Interim dividend of A$0.06. View Mercury NZ's dividend history. Has Mercury NZ been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about MCY stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mercury NZ earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Mercury NZ. Who are some of Mercury NZ's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Mercury NZ include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Meridian Energy (MEZ), Uniper (UN01), AGL Energy (AGL), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Northland Power (NPI), Contact Energy (CEN), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Infratil (IFT), Boralex (BLX), TransAlta (TA), Encavis (CAP), Contourglobal (GLO) and Drax Group (DRX). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Mercury NZ own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mercury NZ investors own include Red 5 (RED) and Meridian Energy (MEZ). Who are Mercury NZ's key executives? Mercury NZ's management team includes the following people: Mr. Fraser Whineray BECHEM (Hons), MBA (Cambridge) GRADDIP DY.SCI.TECH, Chief Exec. OfficerMr. William Meek, Chief Financial OfficerMr. Tim Thompson, Head of Treasury & Investor RelationsMr. Tony Nagel, GM of Corp. Affairs & Gen. CounselMs. Julia Evelyn Jack, Chief Marketing Officer What is Mercury NZ's stock symbol? Mercury NZ trades on the ASX under the ticker symbol "MCY." What is Mercury NZ's stock price today? One share of MCY stock can currently be purchased for approximately A$4.64. How big of a company is Mercury NZ? Mercury NZ has a market capitalization of $6.32 billion. Mercury NZ employs 891 workers across the globe. What is Mercury NZ's official website? The official website for Mercury NZ is www.mercury.co.nz. How can I contact Mercury NZ? The company can be reached via phone at 64 9 308 8200. This page was last updated on 7/13/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. 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