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Mears Group (MER) Competitors

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GBX 312 0.00 (0.00%)
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MER vs. CVSG, XPS, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, DWL, CRN, 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), Dowlais Group (DWL), Cairn Homes (CRN), 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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.

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%

48.5% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Mears Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CVS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Mears Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 0.30 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mears Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CVS Group Neutral
Mears Group Neutral

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£668.60M1.33£20.68M£0.0432,526.32
Mears Group£1.11B0.23£39.43M£0.53584.05

CVS Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,750, suggesting a potential upside of 41.59%. Mears Group has a consensus price target of GBX 475, suggesting a potential upside of 52.24%. Given Mears Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 0.1%. 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 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MER vs. The Competition

MetricMears GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£257.11M£750.32M£3.85B£2.57B
Dividend Yield5.32%2.46%3.53%5.33%
P/E Ratio584.052,130.99528.595,405.25
Price / Sales0.2345.49251.6397,176.40
Price / Cash2.3445.3731.1627.93
Price / Book1.532.973.589.12
Net Income£39.43M£39.59M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.50%-2.83%0.02%0.98%
1 Month Performance-11.99%5.79%0.05%3.02%
1 Year Performance-20.00%209.39%36.39%199.79%

Mears Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MER
Mears Group
3.6903 of 5 stars
GBX 312
flat
GBX 475
+52.2%
-19.5%£257.11M£1.11B584.055,000
CVSG
CVS Group
N/AGBX 1,256
flat
GBX 1,750
+39.3%
+6.0%£901.05M£668.60M33,052.639,100High Trading Volume
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
2.4387 of 5 stars
GBX 339.32
+1.4%
GBX 435.20
+28.3%
+16.4%£687.80M£231.79M2,458.851,712Positive News
Dividend Cut
Gap Down
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
DWL
Dowlais Group
0.6197 of 5 stars
GBX 81.55
+1.7%
GBX 68
-16.6%
+36.6%£1.07B£4.23B-1,274.2224,257High Trading Volume
CRN
Cairn Homes
2.3656 of 5 stars
GBX 172
-0.7%
GBX 200
+16.3%
+3.4%£1.07B£778.20M1,095.54350High Trading Volume
PETS
Pets at Home Group
3.1869 of 5 stars
GBX 228.40
+0.7%
GBX 273.33
+19.7%
N/A£1.03B£1.48B1,214.89210Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.1831 of 5 stars
GBX 93.80
+2.9%
GBX 6,000
+6,296.6%
+76.7%£905.80M£787.60M18,760.00890Dividend Cut

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This page (LON:MER) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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