profit from every £100 of sales.
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Mercantile Ord
£2.84-0.18% today
+9.9% in 1 year
1-year low £2.371-year high £2.89
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2024 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay £8.36 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Mercantile Ord sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -£274 million in 2023 to £210 million in 2026, with £208 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Mercantile Ord handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £159M£47M
Free cash flow 2026£65M
Bought back its own shares£159M
Paid as dividends£47M
Cash vs. debt£50M vs. £328M
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Mercantile Ord's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -274 | 77 | 244 | 210 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -275 | 75 | 241 | 208 | |
| -0.35 | 0.10 | 0.31 | 0.29 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.6% | 97.7% | 98.9% | 99.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,203 | 2,213 | 2,304 | 2,304 |
| Cash | 158 | 90 | 57 | 50 |
| Total debt | 328 | 328 | 328 | 328 |
| Total liabilities | 337 | 347 | 338 | 336 |
| 1,866 | 1,866 | 1,965 | 1,968 | |
| 791 | 789 | 771 | 716 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -14.8% | 4.0% | 12.3% | 10.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 70 | 68 | 65 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 58 | 70 | 68 | 65 | |
| Dividends paid | 55 | 59 | 60 | 47 |
| 3 | 16 | 82 | 159 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 8.4×
- –
- 0.11
- 0.9×
- 8.3×
- 26.6×
- –
- 3.8%
- 12.0%
- 2.7%
Profitability
- –
- –
- 99.1%
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- –
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +65.0%
- +74.4%
- –
- –
- −3.3%
Financial health
- –
- 0.17
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2.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$27a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
22.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 72.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
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Questions about Mercantile Ord
Is Mercantile Ord a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Mercantile Ord AI analysis
Does Mercantile Ord pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.7% a year, about 23% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £47.2 million in dividends.
How has Mercantile Ord stock done over the past year?
Up 9.9% over the past twelve months, to £2.84. It traded between £2.37 and £2.89, close to its high.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.