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Mears Group (MER) Competitors

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GBX 405 +3.50 (+0.87%)
As of 05/23/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

MER vs. CVSG, XPS, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, CURY, SMWH, CRN, 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), Currys (CURY), WH Smith (SMWH), Cairn Homes (CRN), and Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

Mears Group vs.

Mears Group (LON:MER) and CVS Group (LON:CVSG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Mears Group received 26 more outperform votes than CVS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.05% of users gave Mears Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mears GroupOutperform Votes
361
75.05%
Underperform Votes
120
24.95%
CVS GroupOutperform Votes
335
70.68%
Underperform Votes
139
29.32%

Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Mears Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVS Group pays out 27.7% 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mears Group3.67% 21.83% 5.86%
CVS Group 3.20%7.86%5.03%

CVS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,370, suggesting a potential upside of 92.06%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CVS Group is more favorable than Mears Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mears Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
CVS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Mears Group had 1 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mears Group and 0 mentions for CVS Group. Mears Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mears Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Mears Group Positive
CVS Group Neutral

102.0% of Mears Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Mears Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of CVS Group shares are owned 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.

Mears Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mears Group£1.08B0.33£39.43M£44.889.02
CVS Group£646.77M1.37£20.68M£28.8842.72

Summary

Mears Group beats CVS Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MER vs. The Competition

MetricMears GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£354.82M£1.23B£3.32B£2.65B
Dividend Yield3.85%1.84%3.49%4.79%
P/E Ratio9.0211.9789.28135.12
Price / Sales0.3326.6565.51223,317.44
Price / Cash2.3430.5131.0628.22
Price / Book1.992.873.723.87
Net Income£39.43M£76.26M£262.59M£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.32%2.33%-0.25%3.62%
1 Month Performance4.38%13.19%27.91%25.10%
1 Year Performance3.05%3.87%2,608.23%123.67%

Mears Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MER
Mears Group
N/AGBX 405
+0.9%
N/A+4.4%£354.82M£1.08B9.025,000
CVSG
CVS Group
N/AGBX 1,256
+0.2%
GBX 2,370
+88.7%
+16.2%£900.21M£646.77M43.489,100
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
0.9455 of 5 stars
GBX 405.50
+0.4%
GBX 396.50
-2.2%
+51.9%£837.34M£199.97M3.261,712Dividend Cut
DTY
Dignity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£275.43M£323.10M-97.343,323
AA
AA
N/AN/AN/AN/A£218.24M£982M2.9913,100
PVG
Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.30M£3.96M-2.09112Gap Down
XAF
Xafinity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
CURY
Currys
1.8532 of 5 stars
GBX 125.20
+1.7%
GBX 135
+7.8%
+76.9%£1.36B£8.22B6.8728,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SMWH
WH Smith
3.369 of 5 stars
GBX 1,056
+2.9%
GBX 1,456.67
+37.9%
-7.3%£1.36B£1.83B21.7814,935News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
CRN
Cairn Homes
0.9375 of 5 stars
GBX 181
+4.4%
GBX 175
-3.3%
+24.2%£1.35B£928.63M12.66350
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680

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This page (LON:MER) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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