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Mercury NZ Ltd.

Mercury NZ Ltd.

3.22
EUR
-0.12
(-3.59%)
0.11EPS
27.82P/E
4.47BMarket Cap
Feb 23Next Earn
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
2026 Y
Revenue per Share
1.17
1.19
1.11
1.14
1.29
1.45
1.28
1.49
1.57
1.99
2.49
2.52
2.29
Basic EPS, GAAP
0.15
0.03
0.12
0.13
0.17
0.26
0.15
0.1
0.35
0.07
0.21
- -
0.23
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
0.16
0.14
0.14
0.18
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
0.12
0.19
0.17
0.19
0.2
0.15
0.16
0.16
0.17
0.19
0.19
0.18
0.16
Book Value per Share
2.27
2.4
2.43
2.38
2.43
2.62
2.69
3.01
3.42
3.49
3.49
3.51
3.72
Tangible Book Value per Share
2.23
2.35
2.38
2.34
2.36
2.56
2.64
2.94
3.33
3.39
3.4
3.44
3.65
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
1,432
1,365
1,365
1,365
1,364
1,350
1,350
1,350
1,355
1,374
1,379
1,388
1,405
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
1,672
1,627
1,512
1,552
1,756
1,957
1,734
2,006
2,122
2,730
3,430
3,498
3,224
Operating Margin (%)
18.54
16.72
17.13
18.62
18.05
13.18
14.19
10.12
10.51
17.8
10.96
6.4
21.46
Depreciation Expense
161
159
182
189
197
204
214
221
292
344
350
357
375
Net Income, GAAP
212
47
160
184
234
357
207
141
469
103
290
1
321
Effective Tax Rate (%)
28.14
50
26.61
28.68
28
16.98
16.53
18.5
8.04
27.46
30.12
- -
27.7
Profit Margin (%)
12.68
2.89
10.58
11.86
13.33
18.24
11.94
7.03
22.1
3.77
8.45
0.03
9.96
Working Capital
21
88
3
-31
-287
-395
-402
-182
-271
-113
-142
63
-35
LT Debt
985
1,167
1,047
1,024
960
692
845
1,020
1,395
1,523
1,558
2,046
2,142
Total Equity
3,219
3,337
3,315
3,308
3,286
3,537
3,739
4,186
4,752
4,849
4,849
4,903
5,263
Return on Invested Capital (%)
5.27
1.61
3.91
4.33
5.05
4.56
4.17
3.08
3.31
4.65
3.85
3.19
6.59
Return on Capital (%)
6.46
2.26
5.18
5.68
6.67
8.94
5.11
3.44
8.48
2.64
5.72
1.65
5.18
Return on Common Equity (%)
6.62
1.43
4.81
5.56
7.1
10.46
5.69
3.56
10.49
2.15
5.98
0.02
6.32

Capital Structure

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Working Capital

NZD

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No data availableFinancial data will appear here once available

Growth Rates

NZD

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in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
- -
- -
7.34%
Free Cash Flow
- -
- -
- -
Net Income, GAAP
3,225.73%
6,447.29%
32,000%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
8.58%
10.84%
-7.83%
Total Cash Common Dividend
0.55%
0.85%
-11.33%

Semi-annual Revenue

NZD

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
3,430
2025
- -
- -
3,498
2026
- -
- -
3,224

Semi-annual Earnings Per Share

NZD

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
0.21
2025
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
0.23

Semi-annual Dividends Per Share

NZD

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
0.19
2025
- -
- -
0.18
2026
- -
- -
0.16

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Stewart Hamilton
Full Time Employees
1,300
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Electric utilities
Address
The Mercury Building Auckland AU New Zealand 1023
IPO Date
May 15, 2013
Website
mercury.co.nz
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Business
Mercury NZ Limited generates electricity from renewable sources including hydro, geothermal and wind power stations, and retails electricity, natural gas, broadband and mobile services to residential, small-to-medium business, commercial, industrial and wholesale customers in New Zealand. The company operates through Generation/Wholesale, Customer and Other segments; its generation assets encompass nine hydro stations on the Waikato River, six wind farms and five geothermal stations in the central North Island, all producing 100 per cent renewable electricity, while retail activities occur under Mercury, GLOBUG and Trustpower brands and include piped natural gas, telecommunications products, mobile services and related bundled offerings. Mercury NZ Limited, founded in 1998 and headquartered at The Mercury Building, 33 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland, maintains offices across New Zealand including Tauranga, Hamilton, Rotorua, Palmerston North, Wellington and Oamaru, with the New Zealand Government holding a legislated 51 per cent stake and the company listed on the NZX and ASX under ticker MCY.NZ. Recent developments include a long-term power purchase agreement signed in July 2025 with multinational packaging firm Visy for up to 115GWh annually over 10-20 years; the sale or transfer in June 2025 of its consented 300MW Whakamaru battery energy storage project to Eku Energy; and the appointment in September 2025 of Suraiya Phillimore-Smith as Chief Customer Officer effective November 2025, alongside its prior acquisition of Trustpower's mass-market retail operations.

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