MRC — Mercantile Investment Trust Share Price
Last trade - 00:00- £1.67bn
- £1.94bn
- £265.83m
Growth & Value
| 12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
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| PE Ratio (f) | n/a | ||
| PEG Ratio (f) | n/a | ||
| EPS Growth (f) | n/a | ||
| Dividend Yield (f) | n/a | ||
| Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
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| Price to Book Value | 0.85 | ||
| Price to Tang. Book | 0.85 | ||
| Price to Free Cashflow | 24.51 | ||
| Price to Sales | 6.28 | ||
| EV to EBITDA | 8.01 | ||
Shareholder Activity
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Quality
| Name | Industry | Market | |
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| Return on Capital | 10.57% | ||
| Return on Equity | 12.6% | ||
| Operating Margin | 91.16% | ||
Financial Summary
| Year End 31st Jan | Unit | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | CAGR / Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | £m | -123.21 | 289.2 | -252.75 | 97.69 | 265.83 | n/a | n/a | -11.98% |
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| EPS Growth | % | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | +228.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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Other Ratios
| Leverage (ttm) | Total | - Intang | + Pension |
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
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. The Company's Alternative Investment Fund Manager is JPMorgan Funds Limited.
Directors
- Angus Lennox NEC
- Rachel Beagles NED
- Damien Maltarp NED
- Heather Hopkins NID
- Graham Kitchen NID (54)
- Harry Morley NID (56)
- Jeremy Tigue NID
- Last Annual
- January 31st, 2025
- Last Interim
- January 31st, 2025
- Incorporated
- December 8th, 1884
- Public Since
- January 9th, 2009
- Sector
- Collective Investments
- Industry
- Financials
- Exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- Shares in Issue
- 731,031,556
Latest News for MRC
Upcoming Events for MRC
Mercantile Investment Trust PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Half Year 2026 Mercantile Investment Trust PLC Earnings Release
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FAQ
As of Today at 21:59 UTC, shares in Mercantile Investment Trust are trading at 228.50p. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Mercantile Investment Trust last closed at 228.50p and the price had moved by +5.79% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Mercantile Investment Trust share price has outperformed the FTSE All Share Index by +1.63% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Mercantile Investment Trust is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Find out moreThe Mercantile Investment Trust dividend yield is 3.46% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Mercantile Investment Trust paid a total dividend of £0.08, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 3.46%.Looking ahead, the next dividend pay date is 2025-05-16.
We do not have data on when Mercantile Investment Trust is to next pay dividends. The historic dividend yield on Mercantile Investment Trust shares is currently 3.46%.
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As of the previous close price of 228.50p, shares in Mercantile Investment Trust had a market capitalisation of £1.67bn.
Here are the trading details for Mercantile Investment Trust:
- Country of listing: United Kingdom
- Exchange: LSE
- Ticker Symbol: MRC
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Mercantile Investment Trust is currently classified as a . The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
We could not find analyst target price data for this security.
Find out moreAn important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Mercantile Investment Trust. Over the past six months, its share price has underperformed the FTSE All Share Index by -4.65%.
As of the last closing price of 228.50p, shares in Mercantile Investment Trust were trading -4.12% below their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Mercantile Investment Trust PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is null. The shares last closed at 228.50p.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Mercantile Investment Trust's management team is headed by:
- Angus Lennox - NEC
- Rachel Beagles - NED
- Damien Maltarp - NED
- Heather Hopkins - NID
- Graham Kitchen - NID
- Harry Morley - NID
- Jeremy Tigue - NID