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The Merchants Trust (MRCH) Competitors

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GBX 552 -4.00 (-0.72%)
As of 08/29/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

MRCH vs. PHLL, 3IN, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, MNKS, HVPE, CTY, and EMG

Should you be buying The Merchants Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Merchants Trust include Petershill Partners (PHLL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), City of London (CTY), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Merchants Trust vs. Its Competitors

Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

In the previous week, Petershill Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat The Merchants Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Petershill Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Petershill Partners Positive
The Merchants Trust Neutral

Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Petershill Partners pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Merchants Trust pays out 41.1% 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. Petershill Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Petershill Partners presently has a consensus price target of GBX 296.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than The Merchants Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Petershill Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
The Merchants Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than The Merchants Trust. Petershill Partners 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Petershill Partners£1.01B2.54£420.55M£0.76313.94
The Merchants Trust£107.14M7.65£109.11M£0.70785.54

The Merchants Trust has a net margin of 90.97% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Petershill Partners59.57% 7.17% 5.95%
The Merchants Trust 90.97%13.03%7.70%

11.6% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Petershill Partners beats The Merchants Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MRCH vs. The Competition

MetricThe Merchants TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£823.76M£1.46B£6.35B£2.79B
Dividend Yield5.26%4.61%4.33%5.32%
P/E Ratio785.544,455.061,695.625,162.55
Price / Sales7.651,990.801,383.36101,256.49
Price / Cash36.1560.62127.5927.93
Price / Book0.931.393.736.30
Net Income£109.11M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.95%0.33%0.03%0.19%
1 Month Performance0.18%1.67%2.67%49.33%
1 Year Performance-7.07%6.79%27.11%153.42%

The Merchants Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 552
-0.7%
N/A-7.1%£823.76M£107.14M785.54N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
1.5058 of 5 stars
GBX 237.50
-0.6%
GBX 296.67
+24.9%
+9.2%£3.23B£706.00M9.64N/ANews Coverage
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 344
-0.4%
N/A-0.4%£3.17B£374M905.26N/ANews Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 568
-0.5%
N/A+0.9%£2.93B£660.56M4.68N/A
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,948.24
-0.8%
N/A+7.3%£2.81B£103.46M16.8462
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7897 of 5 stars
GBX 1,016
-0.1%
GBX 1,600
+57.5%
+0.8%£2.80B£299.55M18.17140
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
N/AGBX 337.20
+0.9%
GBX 388
+15.1%
+13.3%£2.78B£272.35M61.26391News Coverage
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,408.58
-0.4%
N/A+22.4%£2.71B£610.03M4.57N/ATrending News
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,760
flat
N/AN/A£2.55B£32.28M259.53N/ANews Coverage
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 500
-0.8%
N/A+13.6%£2.47B£307.08M8.42N/ADividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
EMG
Man Group
2.2436 of 5 stars
GBX 167
-0.4%
GBX 218.80
+31.0%
-27.0%£2.41B£1.69B7.881,790News Coverage

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This page (LON:MRCH) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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