PEMB vs. MRCH, NBPE, TFIF, AGT.LN, ICGT, JESC, ESCT, BGSC, SDP, and GSCT
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), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), and The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pembroke VCT B vs.
Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
The Merchants Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Pembroke VCT B when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Pembroke VCT B an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote.
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, The Merchants Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Pembroke VCT B. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Merchants Trust and 0 mentions for Pembroke VCT B. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Pembroke VCT B's score of 0.00 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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.
6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pembroke VCT B shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% 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.
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.
Summary
The Merchants Trust beats Pembroke VCT B on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PEMB) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff