Merchants Trust (MRCH)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

541.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -9.00p
  • 52 Week High: 599.00
  • 52 Week Low: 474.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 149.60m
  • Volume: 188,486
  • Market Cap: £809.35m
  • RiskGrade: 130
  • Beta: 0.01

Merchants Trust Overview

The Merchants Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's objective is to provide an above average level of income and income growth together with long term capital growth through a policy of investing mainly in higher-yielding large United Kingdom companies. Its performance is benchmarked against Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) All-Share Index. The Company invests in various industry sectors, such as oil gas and consumable fuels, capital markets, independent power and renewable electricity producers, banks, professional services, tobacco, specialty retail, food products, diversified financial services, pharmaceuticals, personal products, electric utilities, insurance, and metals and mining. Its alternative investment fund manager is Allianz Global Investors GmbH.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.0 n/a
Op Mrgn 95.3% n/a
ROCE 5.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.7 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 17.0 n/a
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -2.2% n/a
PBT -2.4% n/a
EPS -3.6% n/a
DPS 2.5% n/a

Merchants Trust Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-21 24.91 21.92 18.51p 23.7 n/a -38% 27.30p 6.2%
31-Jan-22 35.29 32.24 25.64p 22.3 0.6 +38% 27.30p 4.8%
31-Jan-23 42.82 39.23 28.70p 20.6 1.7 +12% 27.60p 4.7%
31-Jan-24 49.56 45.29 30.53p 17.8 3.0 +6% 28.40p 5.2%
31-Jan-25 48.48 44.21 29.43p 18.9 n/a -4% 29.10p 5.2%

Merchants Trust Company Announcements

Net Asset Value(s) 31-Jul-2025 14:37 RNS
Operational Update 31-Jul-2025 07:00 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 30-Jul-2025 13:04 RNS

Merchants Trust ShareCast News

Sunday share tips: Fevertree Drinks, Convivialit... 25-Mar-2018 ShareCast

Latest Merchants Trust Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
09-Jul-25 Buy Neil Galloway 567.80p 8,000 £45,424.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Merchants Trust Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 541.00p
Change Today -9.00p
% Change -1.64 %
52 Week High 599.00
52 Week Low 474.00
Volume 188,486
Shares Issued 149.60m
Market Cap £809.35m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 130

Merchants Trust Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
58.93% above the market average58.93% above the market average58.93% above the market average58.93% above the market average58.93% above the market average
58.65% above the sector average58.65% above the sector average58.65% above the sector average58.65% above the sector average58.65% above the sector average
Price Trend
24.86% below the market average24.86% below the market average24.86% below the market average24.86% below the market average24.86% below the market average
52.67% below the sector average52.67% below the sector average52.67% below the sector average52.67% below the sector average52.67% below the sector average
Income
9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average9.22% above the market average
64.95% above the sector average64.95% above the sector average64.95% above the sector average64.95% above the sector average64.95% above the sector average
Growth
19.15% below the market average19.15% below the market average19.15% below the market average19.15% below the market average19.15% below the market average
14.59% below the sector average14.59% below the sector average14.59% below the sector average14.59% below the sector average14.59% below the sector average

Merchants Trust Dividends

  Latest Previous
  1st Interim Final
Ex-Div 10-Jul-25 17-Apr-25
Paid 22-Aug-25 29-May-25
Amount 7.30p 7.30p

Trades for 01-Aug-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
11:59 4 @ 541.00p
11:59 10 @ 541.00p
11:56 354 @ 543.01p
11:54 3,000 @ 543.01p
11:52 10,000 @ 544.60p

Merchants Trust Key Personnel

Chair Colin Clark

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