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The Merchants Trust (MRCH) Competitors

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MRCH vs. RCP, MNKS, CTY, BPT, QLT, HICL, INPP, HGT, JTC, and AJB

Should you be buying The Merchants Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Merchants Trust include RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Quilter (QLT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HgCapital Trust (HGT), JTC (JTC), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Merchants Trust vs. Its Competitors

RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

RIT Capital Partners has a net margin of 162.20% compared to The Merchants Trust's net margin of 90.97%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat RIT Capital Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RIT Capital Partners162.20% 4.70% 4.22%
The Merchants Trust 90.97%13.03%7.70%

RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. RIT Capital Partners pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Merchants Trust pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

RIT Capital Partners has higher revenue and earnings than The Merchants Trust. RIT Capital Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Merchants Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RIT Capital Partners£304.80M9.76£167.81M£186.6011.49
The Merchants Trust£36.71M22.89£109.11M£22.9324.69

In the previous week, RIT Capital Partners and RIT Capital Partners both had 1 articles in the media. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat RIT Capital Partners' score of 0.15 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RIT Capital Partners
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The Merchants Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

8.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

RIT Capital Partners and The Merchants Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MRCH vs. The Competition

MetricThe Merchants TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£840.35M£1.47B£4.89B£2.61B
Dividend Yield5.33%4.72%4.41%5.37%
P/E Ratio24.6943.9522.56400.45
Price / Sales22.891,988.781,456.3598,313.04
Price / Cash36.1560.47127.7427.90
Price / Book0.951.372.167.25
Net Income£109.11M£264.59M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance4.08%0.90%0.77%0.90%
1 Month Performance3.32%0.76%0.86%1.15%
1 Year Performance-0.32%9.20%38.99%116.70%

The Merchants Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 568
+0.5%
N/A-0.4%£843.05M£36.71M24.77N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 2,035
+1.2%
N/A+15.4%£2.82B£304.80M1,090.5762
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,492
-0.5%
N/A+27.1%£2.58B-£12.00M-17,911.16N/A
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 506
-0.8%
N/A+18.0%£2.53B£344.24M730.05N/ADividend Announcement
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
N/AGBX 300.42
-1.6%
GBX 388
+29.2%
-5.9%£2.48B£444.20M5,668.38391
QLT
Quilter
1.4395 of 5 stars
GBX 173.10
-0.9%
GBX 181.20
+4.7%
+22.9%£2.40B£4.60B-173,100.002,983Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 120.40
+0.2%
N/A-3.8%£2.32B£49.90M5,234.78N/A
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 124.20
+0.3%
N/A-1.4%£2.27B£128.46M1,829.16N/A
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 493
-0.1%
N/A-3.2%£2.26B£86.34M2,881.36N/APositive News
JTC
JTC
0.7273 of 5 stars
GBX 1,308
+1.2%
GBX 1,208.33
-7.6%
+29.3%£2.19B£330.89M-11,189.051,603
AJB
AJ Bell
2.1908 of 5 stars
GBX 542
-0.4%
GBX 521.67
-3.8%
+17.5%£2.19B£291.42M2,510.421,373Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:MRCH) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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