Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Competitors

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MERC vs. SCS, PTV, POLN, UEM, and HSL

Should you buy Mercia Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Mercia Asset Management with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Mercia Asset Management include ScS Group (SCS), PeerTV (PTV), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), and Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL).

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to ScS Group?

Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) and ScS Group (LON:SCS) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ScS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share. Mercia Asset Management pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ScS Group pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercia Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Mercia Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ScS Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mercia Asset Management	Neutral
ScS Group	Neutral

Mercia Asset Management has a beta of 0.744, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, ScS Group has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market.

Mercia Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 67, suggesting a potential upside of 131.19%. Given Mercia Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than ScS Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercia Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ScS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Mercia Asset Management has a net margin of 9.81% compared to ScS Group's net margin of 1.37%. ScS Group's return on equity of 9.30% beat Mercia Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercia Asset Management	9.81%	1.79%	0.31%
ScS Group	1.37%	9.30%	2.77%

33.9% of Mercia Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of ScS Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Mercia Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of ScS Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Mercia Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ScS Group. ScS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercia Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercia Asset Management	£34.49M	3.56	£436.32M	£0.78	37.15
ScS Group	£325.86M	0.00	£4.45M	£0.12	N/A

Summary

Mercia Asset Management beats ScS Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to PeerTV?

Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) and PeerTV (LON:PTV) are both business supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Mercia Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than PeerTV.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercia Asset Management	£34.49M	3.56	£436.32M	£0.78	37.15
PeerTV	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Mercia Asset Management has a net margin of 9.81% compared to PeerTV's net margin of 0.00%. Mercia Asset Management's return on equity of 1.79% beat PeerTV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercia Asset Management	9.81%	1.79%	0.31%
PeerTV	N/A	N/A	N/A

Mercia Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of GBX 67, indicating a potential upside of 131.19%. Given Mercia Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than PeerTV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercia Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PeerTV	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

In the previous week, Mercia Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PeerTV'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mercia Asset Management	Neutral
PeerTV	Neutral

33.9% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned 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.

Summary

Mercia Asset Management beats PeerTV on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to Pollen Street Group?

Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) and Pollen Street Group (LON:POLN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 54.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Mercia Asset Management pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pollen Street Group pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pollen Street Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

33.9% of Mercia Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Mercia Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Mercia Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pollen Street Group. Pollen Street Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercia Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercia Asset Management	£34.49M	3.56	£436.32M	£0.78	37.15
Pollen Street Group	£118.52M	4.19	£44.86M	£93.70	8.89

In the previous week, Pollen Street Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mercia Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pollen Street Group and 0 mentions for Mercia Asset Management. Mercia Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pollen Street Group's score of -0.39 indicating that Mercia Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mercia Asset Management	Neutral
Pollen Street Group	Neutral

Mercia Asset Management has a beta of 0.744, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the broader market.

Pollen Street Group has a net margin of 53.91% compared to Mercia Asset Management's net margin of 9.81%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 9.58% beat Mercia Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercia Asset Management	9.81%	1.79%	0.31%
Pollen Street Group	53.91%	9.58%	5.32%

Mercia Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 67, suggesting a potential upside of 131.19%. Pollen Street Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,088.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.65%. Given Mercia Asset Management's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than Pollen Street Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercia Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Pollen Street Group beats Mercia Asset Management on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (LON:UEM) and Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

7.6% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Mercia Asset Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercia Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	£54.70M	8.99	£20.98M	£27.02	10.44
Mercia Asset Management	£34.49M	3.56	£436.32M	£0.78	37.15

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercia Asset Management pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mercia Asset Management has a consensus target price of GBX 67, indicating a potential upside of 131.19%. Given Mercia Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mercia Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a net margin of 80.51% compared to Mercia Asset Management's net margin of 9.81%. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity of 9.96% beat Mercia Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	80.51%	9.96%	7.22%
Mercia Asset Management	9.81%	1.79%	0.31%

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a beta of 0.379, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mercia Asset Management has a beta of 0.744, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Mercia Asset Management's score of 0.00 indicating that Utilico Emerging Markets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Positive
Mercia Asset Management	Neutral

Summary

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust beats Mercia Asset Management on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to Henderson Smaller Companies?

Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Mercia Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 67, suggesting a potential upside of 131.19%. Given Mercia Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than Henderson Smaller Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercia Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Henderson Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Mercia Asset Management has a beta of 0.744, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.099, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the broader market.

Mercia Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Smaller Companies. Mercia Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercia Asset Management	£34.49M	3.56	£436.32M	£0.78	37.15
Henderson Smaller Companies	£6.33M	80.31	£91.77M	£11.63	77.39

Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 46.56% compared to Mercia Asset Management's net margin of 9.81%. Mercia Asset Management's return on equity of 1.79% beat Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercia Asset Management	9.81%	1.79%	0.31%
Henderson Smaller Companies	46.56%	0.92%	7.47%

Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mercia Asset Management pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 240.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercia Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Mercia Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mercia Asset Management	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	Neutral

33.9% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mercia Asset Management beats Henderson Smaller Companies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MERC vs. The Competition

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Metric	Mercia Asset Management	Asset Management Industry	Financial Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£122.92M	£2.39B	£5.84B	£2.79B
Dividend Yield	3.34%	5.97%	5.25%	6.16%
P/E Ratio	37.15	25.26	15.90	365.87
Price / Sales	3.56	1,974.51	1,012.76	87,696.48
Price / Cash	2.60	60.17	93.55	27.89
Price / Book	0.68	1.37	6.60	7.69
Net Income	£436.32M	£265.53M	£1.14B	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	-0.41%	0.63%	0.69%	1.46%
1 Month Performance	-3.40%	1.72%	1.43%	2.29%
1 Year Performance	1.97%	12.83%	19.66%	83.67%

Mercia Asset Management Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
MERC Mercia Asset Management	2.3778 of 5 stars	GBX 28.98 -0.1%	GBX 67 +131.2%	+1.9%	£122.92M	£34.49M	37.15	3,320
SCS ScS Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£91.53M	£325.86M	2,250.00	11,800
PTV PeerTV	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.00	N/A	N/A	147,000
POLN Pollen Street Group	3.6438 of 5 stars	GBX 831 -0.6%	GBX 1,088.67 +31.0%	+6.6%	£494.94M	£118.52M	8.87	84	High Trading Volume
UEM Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	N/A	GBX 284 -0.4%	N/A	+24.1%	£494.65M	£54.70M	10.51	N/A	Positive News High Trading Volume

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Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Competitors

MERC vs. SCS, PTV, POLN, UEM, and HSL

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Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Competitors

MERC vs. SCS, PTV, POLN, UEM, and HSL

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to ScS Group?

Is MERC or SCS a better dividend stock?

Does the media favor MERC or SCS?

Which has more volatility and risk, MERC or SCS?

Do analysts rate MERC or SCS?

Is MERC or SCS more profitable?

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MERC or SCS?

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MERC or SCS?

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How does Mercia Asset Management compare to PeerTV?

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MERC or PTV?

Is MERC or PTV more profitable?

Do analysts rate MERC or PTV?

Does the media prefer MERC or PTV?

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MERC or PTV?

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How does Mercia Asset Management compare to Pollen Street Group?

Is MERC or POLN a better dividend stock?

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MERC or POLN?

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MERC or POLN?

Does the media prefer MERC or POLN?

Which has more volatility and risk, MERC or POLN?

Is MERC or POLN more profitable?

Do analysts recommend MERC or POLN?

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How does Mercia Asset Management compare to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust?

Do insiders & institutionals believe in UEM or MERC?

Which has better earnings and valuation, UEM or MERC?

Is UEM or MERC a better dividend stock?

Do analysts prefer UEM or MERC?

Is UEM or MERC more profitable?

Which has more volatility and risk, UEM or MERC?

Does the media favor UEM or MERC?

Summary

How does Mercia Asset Management compare to Henderson Smaller Companies?

Do analysts recommend MERC or HSL?

Which has more volatility and risk, MERC or HSL?

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MERC or HSL?

Is MERC or HSL more profitable?

Is MERC or HSL a better dividend stock?

Does the media refer more to MERC or HSL?

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MERC or HSL?

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