PEMB vs. MRCH, TFIF, NBPE, ESCT, AGT.LN, JESC, SDP, GSCT, BGSC, and CGI
Should you be buying Pembroke VCT B stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembroke VCT B include The Merchants Trust (MRCH), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), and Canadian General Investments (CGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pembroke VCT B vs. Its Competitors
Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Pembroke VCT B pays out -172.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Merchants Trust pays out 39.6% 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. Pembroke VCT B is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pembroke VCT B has a net margin of 718.21% compared to The Merchants Trust's net margin of 90.97%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat Pembroke VCT B's return on equity.
The Merchants Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pembroke VCT B. Pembroke VCT B 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.
In the previous week, Pembroke VCT B's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Merchants Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pembroke VCT B 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Merchants Trust beats Pembroke VCT B on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PEMB) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff