Merchants Trust (MRCH)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

532.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      3.00p
  • 52 Week High: 586.00
  • 52 Week Low: 477.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 148.32m
  • Volume: 351,311
  • Market Cap: £789.09m
  • 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 5.2% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.0 n/a
Op Mrgn 94.9% n/a
ROCE 5.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.5 n/a
PEG 1.6 n/a
Pr/Revenue 18.4 n/a
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 21.3% n/a
PBT 21.7% n/a
EPS 11.9% n/a
DPS 1.1% n/a

Merchants Trust Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-19 34.10 30.10 27.68p 17.0 2.1 +8% 26.00p 5.5%
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%

Merchants Trust Company Announcements

Net Asset Value(s) 28-Mar-2024 13:15 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 27-Mar-2024 11:53 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 26-Mar-2024 12:31 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 532.00p
Change Today 3.00p
% Change 0.57 %
52 Week High 586.00
52 Week Low 477.50
Volume 351,311
Shares Issued 148.32m
Market Cap £789.09m
RiskGrade 130

Merchants Trust Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
56.88% below the market average56.88% below the market average56.88% below the market average56.88% below the market average56.88% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Price Trend
5.03% below the market average5.03% below the market average5.03% below the market average5.03% below the market average5.03% below the market average
28.53% below the sector average28.53% below the sector average28.53% below the sector average28.53% below the sector average28.53% below the sector average
Income
0.13% above the market average0.13% above the market average0.13% above the market average0.13% above the market average0.13% above the market average
44.89% above the sector average44.89% above the sector average44.89% above the sector average44.89% above the sector average44.89% above the sector average
Growth
16.94% above the market average16.94% above the market average16.94% above the market average16.94% above the market average16.94% above the market average
31.58% above the sector average31.58% above the sector average31.58% above the sector average31.58% above the sector average31.58% above the sector average

Merchants Trust Dividends

  Latest Previous
  3rd Interim 2nd Interim
Ex-Div 01-Feb-24 05-Oct-23
Paid 14-Mar-24 10-Nov-23
Amount 7.10p 7.10p

Trades for 28-Mar-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:39 558 @ 532.00p
16:39 614 @ 532.00p
16:39 614 @ 532.00p
16:39 614 @ 532.00p
16:39 614 @ 532.00p

Merchants Trust Key Personnel

Chair Colin Clark

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