MRCH vs. PHLL, RCP, MNKS, CTY, BPT, HICL, INPP, HGT, QLT, and JTC
Should you be buying The Merchants Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Merchants Trust include Petershill Partners (PHLL), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Quilter (QLT), and JTC (JTC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Merchants Trust vs. Its Competitors
The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) and Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Petershill Partners had 2 more articles in the media than The Merchants Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Petershill Partners and 0 mentions for The Merchants Trust. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Petershill Partners' score of -0.34 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than The Merchants Trust. Petershill 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.
5.9% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Petershill Partners has a consensus price target of GBX 311.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than The Merchants Trust.
The Merchants Trust has a net margin of 90.97% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.
The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. The Merchants Trust pays out 127.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petershill Partners pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
The Merchants Trust beats Petershill Partners on 10 of the 18 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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This page (LON:MRCH) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
