PEMB vs. MRCH, NBPE, SLPE, TFIF, AGT.LN, JESC, ESCT, BGSC, GSCT, and SDP
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), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), and Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pembroke VCT B vs. Its Competitors
The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) and Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pembroke VCT B shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1.33 beat Pembroke VCT B's score of 0.00 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. The Merchants Trust pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembroke VCT B pays out -172.6% 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.
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.
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 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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