Mercantile Investment Trust (The) (MRC)

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Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

234.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.50p
  • 52 Week High: 264.50
  • 52 Week Low: 202.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 763.61m
  • Volume: 1,196,381
  • Market Cap: £1,790.67m
  • Beta: 1.29

MRC Overview

The Mercantile Investment Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment trust company. The Company's objective is to achieve long term capital growth from a portfolio of United Kingdom medium and smaller companies. The Company's investment policy includes to emphasize capital growth from medium and smaller companies; to achieve long term dividend growth at least in line with inflation; to use long term gearing to increase potential returns to shareholders, and to invest no more than 15% of gross assets in other United Kingdom listed closed-ended investment funds (including investment trusts). The Company's investment includes sectors, such as industrials, financials, technology, telecommunications, health care, basic materials, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, real estate and utilities.

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MRC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-20 67.72 61.11 7.64p 34.2 17.1 +2% 6.60p 2.5%
31-Jan-21 40.06 33.18 4.10p 56.3 n/a -46% 6.70p 2.9%
31-Jan-22 60.99 52.97 6.50p 37.5 0.6 +58% 6.90p 2.8%
31-Jan-23 61.59 57.01 7.19p 29.1 2.6 +11% 7.15p 3.4%
31-Jan-24 73.27 71.21 9.01p 23.8 1.0 +25% 7.65p 3.6%

MRC Company Announcements

Net Asset Value(s) 14-Nov-2024 10:55 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 13-Nov-2024 17:19 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 13-Nov-2024 10:45 RNS

MRC ShareCast News

Mercantile Investment Trust reports solid return... 12-Apr-2024 ShareCast
Director dealings: MRC director ups stake 28-Nov-2019 ShareCast
Mercantile completes 'key milestone' at Mumbai p... 03-Nov-2017 ShareCast

MRC Top Newspaper Links

Squeeze sees Blackstone ditch acquisition 02-Jan-2008 Telegraph

Latest MRC Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

MRC Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 234.50p
Change Today 1.50p
% Change 0.64 %
52 Week High 264.50
52 Week Low 202.50
Volume 1,196,381
Shares Issued 763.61m
Market Cap £1,790.67m
Beta 1.29

MRC Star Ratings

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47.56% above the market average47.56% above the market average47.56% above the market average47.56% above the market average47.56% above the market average
50.31% above the sector average50.31% above the sector average50.31% above the sector average50.31% above the sector average50.31% above the sector average
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MRC Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q2 Q1
Ex-Div 26-Sep-24 20-Jun-24
Paid 01-Nov-24 01-Aug-24
Amount 1.50p 1.50p

Trades for 14-Nov-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:41 50,000 @ 234.50p
16:35 170,279 @ 234.50p
16:35 1 @ 234.50p
16:35 920 @ 234.50p
16:35 1,897 @ 234.50p

MRC Key Personnel

Chair Angus Gordon Lennox

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