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Merit Group (LSE:MRIT) Net Cash per Share : £-0.46 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Merit Group Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Merit Group's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £-0.46.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merit Group's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Net-Cash Ratio of Merit Group was 61.72. The lowest was 61.72. And the median was 61.72.

LSE:MRIT's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 8.37
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Merit Group Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merit Group's Net Cash per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Merit Group Net Cash per Share Chart

Merit Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.39 -1.20 -1.01 -0.78 -0.48

Merit Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Net Cash per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.06 -0.78 -0.77 -0.48 -0.46

Competitive Comparison of Merit Group's Net Cash per Share

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Merit Group's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Merit Group's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Merit Group's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merit Group's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Merit Group Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Merit Group's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Mar. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(2.144-13.568-0)/23.9561
=-0.48

Merit Group's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(1.069-12.185-0)/23.9561
=-0.46

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Merit Group  (LSE:MRIT) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Merit Group (LSE:MRIT) Business Description

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Address
32 London Bridge Street, 9th Floor, The Shard, London, GBR, SE1 9SG
Merit Group PLC provides data, business, and political intelligence. The group operates through two operating segments namely, Dods and Merit Data and Technology. Dods business segment concentrates on the provision of key information and insights into the political and public policy environments around the UK and the European Union. The Merit Data and Technology segment focuses on the fields of data engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Merit Data & Technology segment.

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