MERCANTILE INVESTMENTS AND FINANCE PLC — Sentiment risk

Sentiment risk — MERCANTILE INVESTMENTS AND FINANCE PLC

Tone divergence between public and risk sections, negative risk sentiment, obfuscation.

Model weight: 15% of the total score.

Signals in this category

sentiment divergence
negative risk sentiment
yoy negative sentiment spike
section obfuscation
high complexity disclosure
elevated uncertainty language
boilerplate disclosure

Sub-score — FY2016

0.0

None (0.0)

From the annual recalculation record for FY2016.

Diversified Financials sector average for FY2016: 0.8 — this company is below the sector average.

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Events (12)

Severity	Signal	Points	Year	Source section	Evidence
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2015	commitments contingencies	View evidence section commitments_contingencies: litigious language 33.3/1000 words
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2015	risk management	View evidence section risk_management: uncertainty language 25.3/1000 words + negative sentiment 0.789; litigious language 18.1/1000 words
Low	section obfuscation	+1	2015	risk management	View evidence section risk_management readability Flesch=28.1 Fog=18.78 + negative sentiment 0.789
Low	yoy negative sentiment spike	+2	2015	risk management	View evidence section risk_management negative sentiment increased by 0.528 YoY
Low	negative risk sentiment	+1	2015	risk management	View evidence risk_management — finbert_negative=0.789
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2014	audit committee	View evidence section audit_committee: litigious language 9.0/1000 words
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2014	related party transactions	View evidence section related_party_transactions: litigious language 13.3/1000 words
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2014	risk management	View evidence section risk_management: litigious language 13.2/1000 words
Low	yoy negative sentiment spike	+2	2014	risk management	View evidence section risk_management negative sentiment increased by 0.220 YoY
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2013	audit committee	View evidence section audit_committee: litigious language 10.1/1000 words
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2011	commitments contingencies	View evidence section commitments_contingencies: litigious language 50.0/1000 words
Low	elevated uncertainty language	+1	2011	risk management	View evidence section risk_management: litigious language 19.6/1000 words