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The Merchants Trust (MRCH) Competitors

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GBX 566.35 +2.35 (+0.42%)
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MRCH vs. 3IN, PHLL, ABDN, JGGI, BUR, RCP, EMG, BPT, MNKS, and CTY

Should you be buying The Merchants Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Merchants Trust include 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Man Group (EMG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and City of London (CTY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Merchants Trust vs.

3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to The Merchants Trust's net margin of 90.97%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat 3i Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
3i Infrastructure92.78% 10.77% 4.83%
The Merchants Trust 90.97%13.03%7.70%

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than The Merchants Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 0 mentions for The Merchants Trust. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat 3i Infrastructure's score of -0.09 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
3i Infrastructure Neutral
The Merchants Trust Very Positive

55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% 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. The Merchants Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

3i Infrastructure received 103 more outperform votes than The Merchants Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
3i InfrastructureOutperform Votes
184
65.95%
Underperform Votes
95
34.05%
The Merchants TrustOutperform Votes
81
55.48%
Underperform Votes
65
44.52%

3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than The Merchants Trust. The Merchants Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
3i Infrastructure£374M7.95£347M£0.38848.68
The Merchants Trust£119.93M6.99£109.11M£73.217.70

Summary

3i Infrastructure beats The Merchants Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MRCH vs. The Competition

MetricThe Merchants TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£838.84M£1.19B£5.32B£2.66B
Dividend Yield5.31%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio7.7021.9312.84129.21
Price / Sales6.992,357.191,725.40221,406.01
Price / Cash36.1560.4649.7128.02
Price / Book0.951.151.353.79
Net Income£109.11M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.18%0.12%0.53%0.63%
1 Month Performance5.82%18.09%11.29%22.11%
1 Year Performance-3.92%2.19%13.09%120.87%

The Merchants Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 566.35
+0.4%
N/A-3.9%£842.33M£119.93M7.74N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 327.34
-1.0%
N/A-5.0%£3.02B£374M861.42N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
2.3832 of 5 stars
GBX 216.47
-1.4%
GBX 240
+10.9%
+1.0%£2.94B£706.00M8.78N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
ABDN
abrdn
0.7001 of 5 stars
GBX 162.60
-0.4%
GBX 163.50
+0.6%
+10.7%£2.91B£1.49B9.244,719News Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 550.22
-0.7%
N/A-1.2%£2.84B£660.56M4.53N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BUR
Burford Capital
2.3228 of 5 stars
GBX 1,020
-5.6%
GBX 1,600
+56.9%
-11.2%£2.81B£299.55M18.25140Gap Down
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,884.71
-0.7%
N/A-1.0%£2.72B£103.46M16.2962Positive News
EMG
Man Group
2.5209 of 5 stars
GBX 175.40
-1.1%
GBX 278
+58.5%
-32.0%£2.53B£1.69B8.271,790High Trading Volume
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.6333 of 5 stars
GBX 293.80
-0.1%
GBX 359.33
+22.3%
+16.7%£2.43B£272.35M53.37391Gap Up
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,234.10
-0.6%
N/A+5.1%£2.38B£610.03M4.01N/ATrending News
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 470.96
-0.1%
N/A+11.3%£2.33B£307.08M7.93N/ADividend Announcement

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This page (LON:MRCH) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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