Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT) Competitors

Pantheon Infrastructure (LON:PINT) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, PINT or MRC?

Pantheon Infrastructure has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PINT or MRC a better dividend stock?

Pantheon Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Pantheon Infrastructure pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% 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.

Does the media prefer PINT or MRC?

In the previous week, Pantheon Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than The Mercantile Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pantheon Infrastructure and 0 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust. Pantheon Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Pantheon Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pantheon Infrastructure	Positive
The Mercantile Investment Trust	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PINT or MRC?

The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pantheon Infrastructure. The Mercantile Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pantheon Infrastructure, 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
Pantheon Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	£77.74M	£16.43	5.88
The Mercantile Investment Trust	£415.73M	4.14	£393.55M	£53.19	4.36

Is PINT or MRC more profitable?

The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Pantheon Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.56% beat Pantheon Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pantheon Infrastructure	N/A	14.91%	-0.84%
The Mercantile Investment Trust	94.67%	20.56%	2.53%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PINT or MRC?

81.6% of Pantheon Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pantheon Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PINT or MRC?

The Mercantile Investment Trust received 77 more outperform votes than Pantheon Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pantheon Infrastructure	N/A	N/A
The Mercantile Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 77 57.04%	Underperform Votes 58 42.96%

Summary

The Mercantile Investment Trust beats Pantheon Infrastructure on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.