MER vs. CVSG, XPS, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, CRN, SSPG, SMWH, and EIG
Should you be buying Mears Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mears Group include CVS Group (CVSG), XPS Pensions Group (XPS), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Cairn Homes (CRN), SSP Group (SSPG), WH Smith (SMWH), and Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Mears Group vs. Its Competitors
CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and Mears Group (LON:MER) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
CVS Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,000, indicating a potential upside of 66.11%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than Mears Group.
Mears Group has higher revenue and earnings than CVS Group. Mears Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mears Group has a net margin of 3.67% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 3.20%. Mears Group's return on equity of 21.83% beat CVS Group's return on equity.
CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mears Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CVS Group pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mears Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
70.2% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 102.0% of Mears Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of CVS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Mears Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CVS Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mears Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CVS Group and 1 mentions for Mears Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Mears Group's score of 0.00 indicating that CVS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CVS Group and Mears Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MER) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
