THRG vs. MRC, TEM, PNL, WTAN, BRW, RAT, FEV, BHMU, MYI, and SNN
Should you be buying BlackRock Throgmorton Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Personal Assets (PNL), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), BH Macro USD (BHMU), Murray International (MYI), and Sanne Group (SNN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust vs.
The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (LON:THRG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Throgmorton Trust. The Mercantile Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Throgmorton Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BlackRock Throgmorton Trust had 6 more articles in the media than The Mercantile Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BlackRock Throgmorton Trust and 0 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's score of 1.63 indicating that BlackRock Throgmorton Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's net margin of 92.84%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.56% beat BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's return on equity.
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust received 11 more outperform votes than The Mercantile Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.97% of users gave BlackRock Throgmorton Trust an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote.
The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays out 15.9% 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. The Mercantile Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:THRG) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
