LON:MER Mears Group (MER) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 343 -2.00 (-0.58%) As of 08/29/2025 12:35 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock About Mears Group Stock (LON:MER) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Mears Group alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 342.50▼ 346.5050-Day Range 343▼ 40252-Week Range 322▼ 421.37Volume52,708 shsAverage Volume263,241 shsMarket Capitalization£286.35 millionP/E Ratio702.01Dividend Yield0.04%Price TargetGBX 510Consensus RatingBuy Company Overview Mears Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides various outsourced services to the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. The company offers rapid-response and planned maintenance services to local authorities; gas and repair services; and maintenance and repairs, capital works, energy investment, and regeneration solutions for public buildings, as well as grounds maintenance services. It provides housing management services, which include supply of affordable homes to public and private sectors; emergency and temporary accommodation services; affordable housing/social housing management; housing with care services; private rented sector; stock acquisition; mears housing solutions; and housing services to central government departments. In addition, the company offers house building services; and facilities management services to the public and private sectors, including defense estates, education, healthcare, public buildings, and commercial office accommodation. Further, the company provides housing technology; insurance; property acquisition; housebuilding; and housing registered services. Mears Group plc was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Gloucester, the United Kingdom. Read More Mears Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks80th Percentile Overall ScoreMER MarketRank™: Mears Group scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.5 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingMears Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageMears Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Mears Group's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Mears Group is 702.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 270.09.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Mears Group is 702.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 506.22.Price to Earnings Growth RatioMears Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.68. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioMears Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.68. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for MER. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend LeadershipMears Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.80%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthMears Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Mears Group is 28.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Read more about Mears Group's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for MER. News and Social Media3.5 / 5News Sentiment1.23 News SentimentMears Group has a news sentiment score of 1.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Mears Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.Search Interest2 people have searched for MER on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. Company Ownership3.3 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Mears Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £59,730 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.51% of the stock of Mears Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions64.59% of the stock of Mears Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Mears Group's insider trading history. 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MER Stock News HeadlinesMears Group (LON:MER) Insider Jim Clarke Purchases 10,000 Shares5 hours ago | insidertrades.comMears Group plc (LON:MER) Insider Purchases £24,830 in StockAugust 12, 2025 | insidertrades.comEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. Here’s why I’m excited.So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably saw the news… Nvidia just signed a $7 BILLION deal with Saudi Arabia to power its new AI empire 🤯 We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of chips, including their latest Grace Blackwell supercomputer.August 30 at 2:00 AM | Timothy Sykes (Ad)Mears Group Chairman Increases Stake in CompanyAugust 29 at 5:10 AM | tipranks.comPleasing Signs As A Number Of Insiders Buy Mears Group StockAugust 12, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comInvesting in Mears Group (LON:MER) five years ago would have delivered you a 195% gainJune 20, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comMears Group executives exercise options and sell sharesMay 10, 2025 | investing.comMears Group Executives Exercise Share Options and Sell SharesMay 8, 2025 | tipranks.comSee More Headlines MER Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have MER shares performed this year? Mears Group's stock was trading at GBX 362 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, MER shares have decreased by 5.2% and is now trading at GBX 343. How were Mears Group's earnings last quarter? Mears Group plc (LON:MER) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 7th. The company reported $28.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Mears Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.83% and a net margin of 3.67%. How do I buy shares of Mears Group? Shares of MER stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What other stocks do shareholders of Mears Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Mears Group investors own include Topps Tiles (TPT), Vertu Motors (VTU), Currys (CURY), BT Group (BT), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), Barclays (BARC) and BT Group (BT.A). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/07/2025Today8/30/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorConsumer Cyclical Industry Personal Services Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:MER CIKN/A Webwww.mearsgroup.co.uk Phone+44-87-06071400FaxN/AEmployees5,000Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for Mears GroupGBX 510 High Price TargetGBX 510 Low Price TargetGBX 510 Potential Upside/Downside+48.7%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage1 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)GBX 0.49 Trailing P/E Ratio702.01 Forward P/E Ratio10.55 P/E Growth0.68Net Income£39.43 million Net Margins3.67% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity21.83% Return on Assets5.86% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio139.90 Current Ratio0.87 Quick Ratio0.92 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£1.13 billion Price / Sales0.25 Cash FlowGBX 146.57 per share Price / Cash Flow2.34 Book ValueGBX 203.91 per share Price / Book1.68Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares83,483,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£286.35 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.26 The Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2025Discover the 10 Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2025 and secure reliable income in uncertain markets. 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