Plus500 (PLUS) Competitors GBX 2,480 -24.00 (-0.96%) (As of 05:36 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlines PLUS vs. MRC, TOT, ARW, SAG, GMS, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, and CORShould you be buying Plus500 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plus500 include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), 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. Plus500 vs. The Mercantile Investment Trust Total Produce Arrow Global Group Science Group Gulf Marine Services JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income Synectics NAHL Group Ashley House plc (ASH.L) 70688 (COR.L) Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PLUS or MRC? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPlus500£750.80M2.47£273.70M£2.59961.39The Mercantile Investment Trust£97.69M18.12£75.21M£0.102,285.00 Does the MarketBeat Community favor PLUS or MRC? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPlus500Outperform Votes35472.99% Underperform Votes13127.01% The Mercantile Investment TrustOutperform Votes7757.04% Underperform Votes5842.96% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PLUS or MRC? 51.2% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Plus500 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer PLUS or MRC? Plus500 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,341.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.96%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Plus500 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00The Mercantile Investment Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, PLUS or MRC? Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is PLUS or MRC a better dividend stock? Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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. Does the media favor PLUS or MRC? 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 1.68 beat Plus500's score of 0.67 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Plus500 Positive The Mercantile Investment Trust Very Positive Is PLUS or MRC more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Plus50036.45% 39.31% 26.75% The Mercantile Investment Trust 76.99%4.03%2.53% SummaryPlus500 beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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.Skip Chart PLUS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPlus500Capital Markets IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.86B£654.92M£3.25B£1.38BDividend Yield2.63%4.91%4.58%11.73%P/E Ratio961.39600.30441.031,551.40Price / Sales2.4712,285.403,355.80212,370.00Price / Cash1.7210.1548.2332.93Price / Book2.723.041.482.80Net Income£273.70M£53.35M£396.75M£152.70M7 Day Performance4.62%-0.77%0.16%-0.43%1 Month Performance1.77%9.34%7.07%7.18%1 Year Performance69.50%67.59%15.56%91.53% Plus500 Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PLUSPlus5000.7859 of 5 starsGBX 2,480-1.0%GBX 2,341.50-5.6%+67.6%£1.85B£750.80M957.531,580MRCThe Mercantile Investment TrustN/AGBX 228-0.4%N/A+11.2%£1.77B£97.69M2,290.002,800Positive NewsTOTTotal ProduceN/AGBX 165flatN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974ARWArrow Global GroupN/AGBX 307flatN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300News CoverageSAGScience GroupN/AGBX 470.90+0.8%N/A+16.6%£212.19M£110.93M3,592.31443GMSGulf Marine ServicesN/AGBX 16.90-0.9%N/A+39.8%£180.83M£158.04M568.335,480JPEIJPMorgan Elect plc - Managed IncomeN/AGBX 100+0.3%N/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/ASNXSynecticsN/AGBX 314.900.0%N/A+214.4%£56.02M£53.55M1,750.0023,500NAHNAHL GroupN/AGBX 69.75+1.8%N/A+8.7%£33.15M£40.64M3,425.00140News CoverageASHAshley House plc (ASH.L)N/AGBX 1.20+9.1%N/A+0.0%£729,000.00£11.92M-0.243,900Gap UpCOR70688 (COR.L)N/AGBX 0.03flatN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MRC Competitors TOT Competitors ARW Competitors SAG Competitors GMS Competitors JPEI Competitors SNX Competitors NAH Competitors ASH Competitors COR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:PLUS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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