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Manx Financial Group - Resilient, profitable and ready for growth

Manx Financial Group (MFG) offers a combination of relatively fast growth potential and low valuation. Operating income doubled between 2016 and 2020 with only a 1% decline in the pandemic year. MFG’s key assets are Conister Bank, a specialist SME and retail lender, Edgewater Associates, the largest Manx independent financial advisory business, and Manx FX, a currency broker and provider of international payment processing facilities. The ROE ranged between 12% and 17% in FY14–19 and 9% in the challenging 2020/H121. The bank is well capitalised and funded. MFG restarted paying dividends after 16 years in 2021. The shares do not have a very demanding rating at 0.49x 2020 P/BV and 5.7x depressed 2020 earnings, presenting strong share price upside potential as earnings recover.
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Manx Financial Group PLC

Manx Financial Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the provision of asset and personal finance, investing activities and wealth management. Co. operates four product segments: Asset and Personal Finance (including provision of hire purchase contracts, finance leases, personal loans, commercial loans and block discounting); Litigation Finance; a Prepaid Card division, Conister Card Services; and a Wealth Management division. As of Dec 31 2012, Co. had total assets of £77,978,000 and total customer deposits of £62,731,000.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

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Pedro Fonseca

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