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Mears Group (MER) Competitors

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GBX 321.50 +3.50 (+1.10%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

MER vs. CVSG, XPS, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, TRN, DWL, PETS, and DOCS

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), Trainline (TRN), Dowlais Group (DWL), Pets at Home Group (PETS), and Dr. Martens (DOCS). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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
CVS Group£668.60M1.31£20.68M£0.0432,107.74
Mears Group£1.11B0.24£39.43M£0.53601.83

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
CVS Group3.20% 7.86% 5.03%
Mears Group 3.67%21.83%5.86%

CVS Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,750, suggesting a potential upside of 43.43%. Mears Group has a consensus price target of GBX 510, suggesting a potential upside of 58.63%. Given Mears Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mears Group is more favorable than CVS Group.

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

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

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. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mears Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
CVS Group Neutral
Mears Group Neutral

48.5% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Mears Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of CVS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Mears Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CVS Group pays out 210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mears Group pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mears Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Mears Group beats CVS Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MER vs. The Competition

MetricMears GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£264.94M£766.50M£3.92B£2.59B
Dividend Yield5.08%2.40%3.53%5.30%
P/E Ratio601.832,108.58518.465,410.94
Price / Sales0.2445.49251.4496,691.90
Price / Cash2.3445.3731.1627.93
Price / Book1.583.093.567.77
Net Income£39.43M£39.59M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.60%5.46%-0.04%6.51%
1 Month Performance-12.75%13.30%0.41%55.94%
1 Year Performance-16.60%221.65%35.43%147.85%

Mears Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MER
Mears Group
3.2287 of 5 stars
GBX 321.50
+1.1%
GBX 510
+58.6%
-15.2%£264.94M£1.11B601.835,000News Coverage
CVSG
CVS Group
N/AGBX 1,210
-0.7%
GBX 1,750
+44.6%
+8.9%£868.05M£668.60M31,842.119,100
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
2.0852 of 5 stars
GBX 354
+1.0%
GBX 435.20
+22.9%
+14.9%£717.55M£231.79M2,565.221,712News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
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
TRN
Trainline
2.4426 of 5 stars
GBX 260
-0.4%
GBX 440
+69.2%
N/A£1.05B£442.10M2,053.711,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
DWL
Dowlais Group
0.6896 of 5 stars
GBX 79.50
-0.1%
GBX 65
-18.2%
+32.0%£1.04B£4.23B-1,242.1924,257News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.5888 of 5 stars
GBX 224.40
-1.2%
GBX 273.33
+21.8%
-24.9%£1.01B£1.48B1,193.62210Positive News
Gap Up
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.0444 of 5 stars
GBX 90
-0.1%
GBX 6,000
+6,566.7%
+45.3%£869.10M£787.60M18,000.00890Dividend Cut
Gap Down

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This page (LON:MER) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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