The Merchants Trust (MRCH) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ABDN or MRCH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn	£1.49B	2.29	£316.36M	£17.59	10.87
The Merchants Trust	£119.93M	7.11	£109.11M	£73.21	7.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABDN or MRCH?

The Merchants Trust received 74 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote while only 12.73% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.73%	Underperform Votes 48 87.27%
The Merchants Trust	Outperform Votes 81 55.48%	Underperform Votes 65 44.52%

Does the media prefer ABDN or MRCH?

In the previous week, The Merchants Trust had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Merchants Trust and 1 mentions for abrdn. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat abrdn's score of 0.00 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
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
The Merchants Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ABDN or MRCH a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Merchants Trust pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, ABDN or MRCH?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ABDN or MRCH?

38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ABDN or MRCH more profitable?

The Merchants Trust has a net margin of 90.97% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
The Merchants Trust	90.97%	13.03%	7.70%

Do analysts rate ABDN or MRCH?

abrdn currently has a consensus target price of GBX 163.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.53%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than The Merchants Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
The Merchants Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

The Merchants Trust beats abrdn on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.