MRCH vs. 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BPT, EMG, MNKS, CTY, HVPE, and HICL
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), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Man Group (EMG), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Merchants Trust vs. Its Competitors
3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than The Merchants Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 0 mentions for The Merchants Trust. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat The Merchants Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by company 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 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.
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 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.
3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.
Summary
3i Infrastructure beats The Merchants Trust on 8 of the 15 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
