MRCH vs. BPT, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, 3IN, ABDN, MNKS, EMG, SSON, and HGT
Should you be buying The Merchants Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Merchants Trust include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), abrdn (ABDN), Monks (MNKS), Man Group (EMG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Merchants Trust vs.
Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 334, indicating a potential downside of 12.38%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than The Merchants Trust.
Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 11,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Merchants Trust pays out 3,972.6% 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 Merchants Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The Merchants Trust received 70 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote.
The Merchants Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgepoint Group. The Merchants Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Merchants Trust has a net margin of 90.97% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 19.18%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 12.88% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.
20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Merchants Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats The Merchants Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MRCH) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff