Utilities
Mercury NZ Limited(MGHTF)
Live Price
Offline$4.37
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+12.63%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $9.62B
- Revenue Growth
- +2.0%
- EPS Growth
- -99.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.9%
Coverage: 255 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Mercury NZ Limited (MGHTF) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $9.62B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $4.37 and up 12.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.0%, EPS growth of -99.7%, a dividend yield of 3.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.0%, EPS -99.7%, free cash flow -94.2% with operating margin 13.6% and ROIC 3.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.9%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 108.9 and price/sales 2.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MGHTF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+2.0% vs +6.1% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+13.6% vs +21.0% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
108.9 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
2026 was reported on Feb 24, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -90.5% and a revenue surprise of +31.1%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.0% and EPS is at -99.7%, with operating margin around 13.6%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 17, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged 0.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 24, 2026 | -90.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Aug 18, 2025 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Feb 25, 2025 | -147.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
MGHTF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MGHTF Max Drawdown
-47.81%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for MGHTF and SPY.
Company Overview
Mercury NZ Limited
Other OTC
Mercury NZ Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, trading, and sale of electricity and related activities in New Zealand. The company operates through Generation/Wholesale, Retail, and Other segments. It operates 9 hydro generation stations on the Waikato River; five wind plants; and five geothermal generation stations in the central North Island. The company sells electricity to residential, commercial, industrial, and spot market customers under the GLOBUG, Trustpower, and Mercury brands. It also provides piped natural gas; and telecommunication and other products and services. The company was formerly known as Mighty River Power Limited and changed its name to Mercury NZ Limited in July 2016. Mercury NZ Limited was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Leadership
- Stewart Allan Hamilton
- IPO Date
- Jun 13, 2023
- Employees
- 1.5k
- Street Address
- 33 Broadway
- Mailing
- Auckland, 1023
- Region
- Auckland, NZ
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 64 27 517 3470
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 108.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.0
- Price/Sales
- 2.8
- Price/Book
- 2.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.0%
- EPS
- -99.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -94.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 16.7%
- Operating Margin
- 13.6%
- Net Margin
- 2.6%
- ROE
- 1.8%
- ROIC
- 3.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.51
- Current Ratio
- 0.79
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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