Meridian Corporation

Yield per half year: +13.63%
Dividend yield: 3.42%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Meridian Corporation

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (3.42%) are higher than the sector average (2.75%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (18.46%) is higher than the sector average (-47.08%).
  • Current debt level 7.3% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 14.66%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=9.92%) is higher than the sector average (ROE=8.42%)

Disadvantages

  • Price (15.34 $) is higher than fair price (14.72 $)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Meridian Corporation Financials Index
7 days 6.8% 3.8% -1.3%
90 days 3.2% -12% 5.1%
1 year 18.5% -47.1% 17%

MRBK vs Sector: Meridian Corporation has outperformed the "Financials" sector by 65.53% over the past year.

MRBK vs Market: Meridian Corporation has outperformed the market by 1.5% over the past year.

Stable price: MRBK is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "NASDAQ" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: MRBK with weekly volatility of 0.3549% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 9.19
P/S: 0.7611

3.2. Revenue

EPS 1.45
ROE 9.92%
ROA 0.7058%
ROIC 0%
Ebitda margin 12.2%

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (15.34 $) is higher than the fair price (14.72 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (15.34 $) is 4% higher than the fair price.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (9.19) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-227.63).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (9.19) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-76.8).

5.2.1 P/E Similar companies

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (0.8757) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (74.29).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (0.8757) is lower than that of the market as a whole (51.56).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (0.7611) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (268.14).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (0.7611) is lower than that of the market as a whole (136.53).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (12.33) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-249.66).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (12.33) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-47.59).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -7.63% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-7.63%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (1.69%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (9.92%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (8.42%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (9.92%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-10.64%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (0.7058%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.58%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (0.7058%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (39.05%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.51%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (8.76%).

7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (7.3%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 14.66% to 7.3%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 1065.79%.

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 3.42% is higher than the average for the sector '2.75%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 3.42% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.86.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 3.42% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (34.27%) are at a comfortable level.

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet

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