MRC vs. TEM, BPT, CLDN, JAM, WWH, HVPE, PNL, FEV, WTAN, and RAT
Should you be buying The Mercantile Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Mercantile Investment Trust include Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), JPMorgan American (JAM), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), and Rathbones Group (RAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (LON:TEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT pays out 3,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT'saverage media sentiment score.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has higher revenue and earnings than The Mercantile Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Mercantile Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has a net margin of 83.81% compared to The Mercantile Investment Trust's net margin of 76.99%. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT's return on equity of 8.82% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.
The Mercantile Investment Trust received 8 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT an outperform vote.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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