Merchants Trust (MRCH)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

560.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -3.00p
  • 52 Week High: 600.00
  • 52 Week Low: 487.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 149.60m
  • Volume: 335,636
  • Market Cap: £837.78m
  • RiskGrade: 130

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 5.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.1 n/a
Op Mrgn 95.3% n/a
ROCE 6.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.3 n/a
PEG 2.9 n/a
Pr/Revenue 16.9 n/a
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 15.7% n/a
PBT 15.4% n/a
EPS 6.4% n/a
DPS 2.9% n/a

Merchants Trust Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-20 36.24 32.67 29.67p 17.9 2.6 +7% 27.10p 5.1%
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%

Merchants Trust Company Announcements

Net Asset Value(s) 31-Oct-2024 13:35 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 30-Oct-2024 13:06 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 29-Oct-2024 12:41 RNS

Latest Merchants Trust Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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 560.00p
Change Today -3.00p
% Change -0.53 %
52 Week High 600.00
52 Week Low 487.50
Volume 335,636
Shares Issued 149.60m
Market Cap £837.78m
RiskGrade 130

Merchants Trust Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
62.89% below the market average62.89% below the market average62.89% below the market average62.89% below the market average62.89% below the market average
58.87% below the sector average58.87% below the sector average58.87% below the sector average58.87% below the sector average58.87% below the sector average
Price Trend
37.81% above the market average37.81% above the market average37.81% above the market average37.81% above the market average37.81% above the market average
22.01% above the sector average22.01% above the sector average22.01% above the sector average22.01% above the sector average22.01% above the sector average
Income
10.58% above the market average10.58% above the market average10.58% above the market average10.58% above the market average10.58% above the market average
64.25% above the sector average64.25% above the sector average64.25% above the sector average64.25% above the sector average64.25% above the sector average
Growth
46.14% above the market average46.14% above the market average46.14% above the market average46.14% above the market average46.14% above the market average
44.88% above the sector average44.88% above the sector average44.88% above the sector average44.88% above the sector average44.88% above the sector average

Merchants Trust Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim 1st Interim
Ex-Div 10-Oct-24 11-Jul-24
Paid 15-Nov-24 22-Aug-24
Amount 7.30p 7.20p

Trades for 31-Oct-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 9,508 @ 560.00p
16:35 369 @ 560.00p
16:35 18 @ 560.00p
16:35 18 @ 560.00p
16:35 18 @ 560.00p

Merchants Trust Key Personnel

Chair Colin Clark

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