PLUS vs. MRC, TOT, ARW, SAG, GMS, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, and COR
Should you be buying Plus500 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plus500 include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Science Group (SAG), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), and 70688 (COR.L) (COR). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Plus500 vs. Its Competitors
The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and Plus500 (LON:PLUS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Plus500's net margin of 36.45%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.06% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.
13.0% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.7% of Plus500 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plus500. The Mercantile Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plus500, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Plus500 had 1 more articles in the media than The Mercantile Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Plus500 and 0 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust. Plus500's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Plus500 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 3,304.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.87%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.
The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 pays out 24.2% 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.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Plus500 beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PLUS) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
