Company Analysis

Mereo BioPharma Group plc (MREO)

Nasdaq: MREO · Pharmaceutical Preparations · London · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade5.0
◀ Past 3.5● Present 6.1▶ Future 5.0
3 est.

The grade of Mereo BioPharma Group plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past3.525% of the headline
● Present6.135% of the headline
▶ Future5.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.5/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-08-19.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mereo BioPharma Group plc's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-08-19) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

4 filed years; profitable in 0 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 14th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mereo BioPharma Group plc's 4 filed years say what it did: it rose in 0 of 1 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 4% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak100.0%bottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 464 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 35% of 464 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 464 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mereo BioPharma Group plc's shareholder treatment is put at 6.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 35% of 464 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -102%: lost 102¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 11%: owes 11¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Mereo BioPharma Group plc lost about 102 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 11 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 19% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
1.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 14% of 315 in its family; net margin -8375.6%.

weight 22% of this tense · 14th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mereo BioPharma Group plc's standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $500 thousand in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 16% by size; a net margin of -8375.6% ranks in the bottom 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$500,000bottom 16% of its family
  • net margin-8375.6%bottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
9.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 96th percentile among 415 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 4% of 415 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-01-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-01-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 415 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mereo BioPharma Group plc's leadership is put at 9.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 4% of 415 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-01-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mereo BioPharma Group plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $41 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 89.3% of its assets as net cash, top 11% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -6198.2% of revenue (bottom 10%); research spending of 3553.2% of revenue (top 11%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets89.3%top 11% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-6198.2%bottom 10% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3553.2%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 48% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mereo BioPharma Group plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: research spending grew -15.5% a year (bottom 22%); capital spending grew 15.4% a year (top 27%) (its annual reports). Mereo BioPharma Group plc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth of research spending-15.5%bottom 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.4%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
3.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 3.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 284 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, net income against the prior three years' average, which ranks in the bottom 37% of 284 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
one part: net income against the prior three years' average, the one part on file, ranked among 284 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mereo BioPharma Group plc's expectations vs reality is put at 3.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, net income against the prior three years' average, which ranks in the bottom 37% of 284 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MREO · research, not advice