MRC vs. PSH, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, and UKW
Should you be buying The Mercantile Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Mercantile Investment Trust include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and Greencoat UK Wind (UKW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, The Mercantile Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust and 2 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's score of 0.60 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than The Mercantile Investment Trust. Pershing Square 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.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to The Mercantile Investment Trust's net margin of 76.99%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.
47.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square 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.
The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% 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 has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Mercantile Investment Trust received 77 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
The Mercantile Investment Trust and Pershing Square tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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