Mears Group plc (MER) is a leading personal services business based in the UK. It opened the day at 200p after a previous close of 195p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 188.228p to a high of 200p. The latest price was 198p (25 minute delay). Mears Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 6,000 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Mears Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 4x. In other words, Mears Group shares trade at around 4x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Mears Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £25 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Mears Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Mears Group's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was 200p, which is 32.20% down on its pre-crash value of 295p and 70.94% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 117p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Mears Group shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £467.74 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £645.16.
| Open | 200p |
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| High | 200p |
| Low | 188.228p |
| Close | 198p |
| Previous close | 195p |
| Change | 3p |
| Change % | 1.5385% |
| Volume | 26,778 |
| 52-week range | 144.4823p - 227.9721p |
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| 50-day moving average | 190.3p |
| 200-day moving average | 195.2075p |
| Wall St. target price | 262p |
| PE ratio | 3.6735 |
| Dividend yield | 2.5p (1.28%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 53.9p |
Dividend yield: 1.28% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.28% of stock value
Mears Group has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.28% of its share value annually.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 7 October 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Mears Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as 144.4823p up to 227.9721p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Mears Group's is 1.5495. This would suggest that Mears Group's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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