Ratings Mears Group plc

Equities

MER

GB0005630420

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:13 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
355 ^GBX	+1.43%		-1.93%	+14.52%

Apr. 19	Mears Group completes GBP20 million share buyback	AN
Apr. 11	Mears Group ups dividend after cracking the GBP1 billion revenue mark	AN

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.23 for the 2024 fiscal year.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.

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Sector: Business Support Services

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
MEARS GROUP PLC	+14.52%	416M	B-
HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP, INC.	+4.63%	799M	C
GDI INTEGRATED FACILITY SERVICES INC.	+2.79%	645M	C-

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