MRC vs. PLUS, TOT, ARW, SAG, GMS, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, and COR
Should you be buying The Mercantile Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Mercantile Investment Trust include Plus500 (PLUS), 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.
The Mercantile Investment Trust vs.
Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) 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 earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
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.
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.
51.2% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Plus500 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
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.
In the previous week, The Mercantile Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Plus500. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Plus500's score of 0.00 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plus500 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,341.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.22%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plus500 is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.
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.
Summary
Plus500 beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (LON:MRC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
