Mears Group plc MER.L

Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$575.30M
Market Cap
$427.45M
Margin of Safety
25.7%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
1.35

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

823.89M USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

615.71M USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

286.30M USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

575.30M USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

575.30M USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

427.45M USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

1.35×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety +25.7% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 823.89M USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)1.14B USD
−②Net Debt Today314.67M USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value823.89M USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

1.14B USD

Net debt today

-314.67M USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

823.89M USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

1.14B USD

②Net Debt Today

314.67M USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap427.45M USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+48.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 615.71M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE485.79M USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today129.92M USD
=Value615.71M USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

485.79M USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

129.92M USD

Market value

Market Cap427.45M USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+30.6%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 286.30M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (a change in working capital above half the operating profit in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 286.30M USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Debt Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap427.45M USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-49.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 5.61%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.47×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 7.30%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 23.66M USDPretax Income 85.59M USD= 27.64%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 107.26M USD−Pretax Income 85.59M USD= 21.67M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 21.67M USDTotal Debt 408.16M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 27.64%)= 3.84%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 408.16M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 427.45M USD + 408.16M USD= 48.85%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 51.15%×Cost of Equity 7.30%+Debt Weight 48.85%×Cost of Debt 3.84%= 5.61%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 991.35M USD − Total Liabilities 705.05M USD = Book Value Today 286.30M USD

Total Debt 408.16M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 93.49M USD = Net Debt Today 314.67M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-20.0%at most 5%passes79,739,265 / 99,660,374
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets9.0%at least -10.0%passes(151.86M USD − 62.31M USD) ÷ 991.35M USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today1.49×at most 3×passes427.45M USD ÷ 286.30M USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue6.6%above 10.0%does not pass101.14M USD ÷ 1.53B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 17.6%above 10.0%does not pass1.53B USD / 1.42B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-73.6%above -30%does not pass(93.49M USD − 408.16M USD) ÷ 427.45M USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit28.2%above 25.0%passes101.14M USD ÷ 358.37M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

409 USD

Enterprise value

585.07M USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

6.68×

Price / book

1.61×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

6.59×

Return on equity

26.1%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

4.7%

Revenue growth

0.1%

Analyst target, mean

515 USD

Analysts

6

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

1.16B1.39B1.42B1.53B

Gross profit

236.16M278.86M318.13M358.37M

Operating income

48.79M65.87M89.87M101.14M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

117.21M150.65M187.42M216.04M

Pretax income

42.17M59.81M80.57M85.59M

Net income

34.16M44.87M58.44M62.31M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

33.57M44.87M58.44M62.31M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

761.35M892.28M881.00M997.71M

Total liabilities

503.30M636.77M645.52M721.60M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

256.25M251.76M231.27M271.97M

Total debt

272.05M371.11M373.71M429.66M

Cash and equivalents

118.44M176.87M114.82M65.35M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

56.17M83.21M83.99M109.72M

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

14.00M-16.25M-54.57M-78.15M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

133.88M173.22M161.80M151.86M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-11.36M-32.95M-39.27M-63.29M

Depreciation and amortisation

64.94M76.60M89.53M108.78M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

122.51M140.27M122.53M88.57M