Pembroke VCT B (PEMB) Competitors

Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PEMB or MRCH?

The Merchants Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pembroke VCT B. Pembroke VCT B 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pembroke VCT B	-£5.81M	-36.15	-£13.51M	-£0.04	-2,400.00
The Merchants Trust	£119.61M	6.81	£108.81M	£0.73	752.05

Which has more volatility and risk, PEMB or MRCH?

Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% 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.

Does the media refer more to PEMB or MRCH?

In the previous week, The Merchants Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Pembroke VCT B. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Merchants Trust and 0 mentions for Pembroke VCT B. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Pembroke VCT B's score of 0.00 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pembroke VCT B	Neutral
The Merchants Trust	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PEMB or MRCH?

6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pembroke VCT B shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEMB or MRCH?

The Merchants Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Pembroke VCT B when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Pembroke VCT B an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembroke VCT B	Outperform Votes 8 66.67%	Underperform Votes 4 33.33%
The Merchants Trust	Outperform Votes 81 55.48%	Underperform Votes 65 44.52%

Is PEMB or MRCH more profitable?

The Merchants Trust has a net margin of 90.97% compared to Pembroke VCT B's net margin of 0.00%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 12.88% beat Pembroke VCT B's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembroke VCT B	N/A	-6.58%	-3.97%
The Merchants Trust	90.97%	12.88%	7.70%

Is PEMB or MRCH a better dividend stock?

Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Pembroke VCT B pays out -12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

The Merchants Trust beats Pembroke VCT B on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.