The Merchants Trust Plc (LON:MRCH - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 610.64 and traded as high as GBX 618. The Merchants Trust shares last traded at GBX 602.95, with a volume of 232,320 shares.
The Merchants Trust Trading Up 2.5%
The firm has a market capitalization of £912.05 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.64 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 610.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 601.29.
The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 2nd. The investment trust reported GBX 30.58 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of GBX 5,024 million for the quarter. The Merchants Trust had a return on equity of 17.67% and a net margin of 93.22%.
About The Merchants Trust
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The Merchants Trust (MRCH) is managed by Simon Gergel at Allianz GIobal Investors. The Trust aims to generate a high and growing level of income, with the potential for long-term capital growth, from a portfolio of mainly higher yielding large UK companies. Merchants has a distinguished dividend history and is an AIC dividend hero, payouts have grown in each of the last 38 consecutive years.
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