Plus500 (PLUS) Competitors GBX 2,330 -20.00 (-0.85%) (As of 11/5/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlines PLUS vs. MRC, TOT, ARW, SAG, GMS, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, and CORShould 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. The Mercantile Investment Trust Total Produce Arrow Global Group Science Group Gulf Marine Services JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income Synectics NAHL Group Ashley House plc (ASH.L) 70688 (COR.L) Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership. Is PLUS or MRC a better dividend stock? Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Plus500 pays out 2,548.3% 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 Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLUS or MRC? 51.2% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Plus500 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the media favor PLUS or MRC? 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. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Plus500's score of 0.00 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Plus500 Neutral The Mercantile Investment Trust Very Positive Do analysts prefer PLUS or MRC? Plus500 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,341.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.49%. Given Plus500's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Plus500 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00The Mercantile Investment Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) N/A Which has more volatility & risk, PLUS or MRC? Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is PLUS or MRC more profitable? The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 76.99% compared to Plus500's net margin of 36.45%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.31% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Plus50036.45% 39.31% 26.75% The Mercantile Investment Trust 76.99%4.03%2.53% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PLUS or MRC? Plus500 has higher revenue and earnings than The Mercantile Investment Trust. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Mercantile Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPlus500£750.80M2.31£273.70M£2.59899.61The Mercantile Investment Trust£97.69M18.36£75.21M£0.102,315.00 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLUS or MRC? Plus500 received 277 more outperform votes than The Mercantile Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.99% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPlus500Outperform Votes35472.99% Underperform Votes13127.01% The Mercantile Investment TrustOutperform Votes7757.04% Underperform Votes5842.96% SummaryPlus500 beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyI was wrong. Dead wrong. I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again. Here’s the full story for you. Get Plus500 News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PLUS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PLUS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPlus500Capital Markets IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.74B£593.08M£2.97B£1.32BDividend Yield2.63%4.41%4.57%12.04%P/E Ratio899.61567.55424.271,634.04Price / Sales2.318,504.603,160.18240,421.20Price / Cash1.7210.7346.4631.48Price / Book2.542.051.392.82Net Income£273.70M£56.98M£301.09M£115.99M7 Day Performance0.60%-1.45%-0.22%0.65%1 Month Performance-5.52%9.52%-0.67%-0.70%1 Year Performance64.08%53.25%16.61%19.13% Plus500 Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PLUSPlus5000.6382 of 5 starsGBX 2,330-0.9%GBX 2,341.50+0.5%+65.5%£1.74B£750.80M899.611,580MRCThe Mercantile Investment TrustN/AGBX 235.86+0.2%N/A+21.4%£1.83B£97.69M2,358.612,800Positive NewsTOTTotal ProduceN/AGBX 165flatN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974ARWArrow Global GroupN/AGBX 307flatN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300SAGScience GroupN/AGBX 467.20+2.0%N/A+13.3%£210.52M£110.93M3,593.85443Positive NewsGMSGulf Marine ServicesN/AGBX 17.81+0.9%N/A+39.2%£190.58M£158.04M593.705,480JPEIJPMorgan Elect plc - Managed IncomeN/AGBX 100+0.3%N/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/ASNXSynecticsN/AGBX 286.17+13.1%N/A+166.7%£50.91M£53.55M1,589.8223,500News CoverageGap UpNAHNAHL GroupN/AGBX 70.52-0.7%N/A+16.1%£33.51M£40.64M3,525.75140ASHAshley House plc (ASH.L)N/AGBX 1.20+9.1%N/A+0.0%£729,000.00£11.92M-0.243,900News CoverageGap UpCOR70688 (COR.L)N/AGBX 0.03-14.3%N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MRC Competitors TOT Competitors ARW Competitors SAG Competitors GMS Competitors JPEI Competitors SNX Competitors NAH Competitors ASH Competitors COR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:PLUS) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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