Mears refocuses on housing maintenance

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A row of residential houses in Camden, London.

Mears (LON:MER) was one of the stars of AIM and the share price went from a placing price of 10p to more than 500p in less than two decades. The social housing building maintenance services provider moved to the Main Market during that period, but the share price has been a laggard in the past few years and by the middle of 2019 it had more than halved since the beginning of 2017.

There has been a recovery since then, but the rating is modest given the prospects after Mears exits the operations that have been dragging it back.
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The core operations of Mears have continued to perfo...

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Andrew Hore
Andrew Hore is the publisher of AIM Journal, which is an online monthly publication covering the Alternative Investment Market.