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Mercantile Investment Trust

MRC:LSE

Mercantile Investment Trust

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  • Price (GBX)218.56
  • Today's Change-2.44 / -1.11%
  • Shares traded600.29k
  • 1 Year change+10.61%
  • Beta1.3814
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About the company

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.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)97.69m
  • Net income in GBP75.21m
  • Incorporated1884
  • Employees0.00
  • Location
    Mercantile Investment Trust60 Victoria EmbankmentLONDON EC4Y 0JPUnited KingdomGBR
  • Phone+44 207 742 4000
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Profile

Management group(s)JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd
AIC sectorUK All Companies
ISINGB00BF4JDH58
Launch date08 Dec 1884
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyGBP

Objective

To achieve long-term capital growth from a portfolio of UK medium and smaller companies by invests in medium and smaller companies which are listed mainly on the London Stock Exchange and to provide long-term dividend growth at least in line with inflation.

Managed by

Anthony Lynch, Guy Anderson

Management & contract fees

The management fee is 0.45% p.a. of the market capitalisation of Company. The contract terminable on six months notice, without penalty.

Peer analysis

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(5 yr growth rate)
BH Macro Ltd151.74m53.43m1.31bn0.0021.810.8188--8.610.15570.15570.39814.150.0997--4.15--3.517.603.587.7884.3379.6435.2146.78----0.000.00-49.6518.40-40.6713.71----
Sequoia Economic Infrastrctr Incm Fd Ltd105.91m95.12m1.32bn0.0014.790.8775--12.460.05510.05510.06140.92880.0579------5.203.195.613.3579.7976.1689.8271.45----0.00176.12-86.89-22.14-128.62----2.10
Bankers Investment Trust PLC79.14m64.56m1.33bn0.0022.641.03--16.800.04940.04940.06221.080.0531--6.74--4.335.664.395.7086.6789.9381.5786.06----0.085635.88148.2634.54136.0353.46--5.36
Allianz Technology Trust PLC429.01m420.20m1.37bn0.003.351.05--3.181.061.061.083.380.3791--561.53--37.1315.1637.2215.2898.4093.1297.9592.25----0.000.00188.3869.29185.0381.98----
Nationwide Building Society12.29bn1.66bn1.42bn13.97k----0.65880.2316----------------0.59810.3588--------27.0524.75--------95.5912.8732.9117.44-7.97--
Murray International Trust plc151.47m131.85m1.52bn0.0011.670.917--10.010.21130.21130.24252.690.0834--15.57--7.267.337.467.5592.7091.7287.0487.15----0.077452.60-2.42---2.13----2.23
Witan Investment Trust plc206.42m181.48m1.53bn6.009.061.00--7.410.27650.27650.31692.500.1143--47.7734,403,000.0010.055.5610.625.8391.9188.7887.9280.28----0.13336.26179.60--164.69----5.14
Pantheon International PLC-14.34m-54.32m1.53bn0.00--0.6842-----0.1031-0.1031-0.02744.76-0.0058-------2.1912.25-2.2412.31--90.71--89.39----0.06190.00-86.53-11.73-92.62-19.20----
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC143.71m128.86m1.53bn0.0013.600.9257--10.660.60670.60670.6858.910.0769--35.40--6.903.556.983.5991.3086.0689.6683.35----0.019755.21236.77-2.77208.52-3.68--4.43
Fidelity European Trust PLC262.10m238.69m1.58bn0.006.630.9964--6.030.5840.5840.64133.880.1757--26.78--16.0012.2016.0812.2493.5593.5391.0791.28--113.700.0018.48707.06--519.00----5.61
Personal Assets Trust PLC39.06m20.74m1.65bn0.00118.890.9606--42.330.04050.04050.0965.010.0221------1.174.931.174.96--89.2453.0985.17----0.0026.70-96.81---113.47----5.92
Templeton Emerging Markets Inv Trust plc199.29m167.88m1.70bn0.0010.620.8986--8.550.14430.14430.17241.700.0975--21.19--8.222.518.332.5790.0772.5984.2466.74----0.049192.05108.34-34.66100.57-60.07--10.76
Mercantile Investment Trust PLC97.69m75.21m1.72bn0.0023.140.9264--17.560.09550.09550.12382.390.0443--18.98--3.413.533.433.5578.7080.4676.9878.52----0.149568.41138.65--127.31----3.96
JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC329.10m318.32m1.78bn0.005.631.14--5.401.731.731.798.570.2151--381.12--20.8013.7021.0213.8297.7597.4396.7295.36----0.04767.47349.4289.00321.69138.62--3.58
Caledonia Investments plc168.00m126.60m1.89bn74.0015.090.6576--11.232.292.293.0452.610.0578--14.482,270,270.004.3510.894.4411.16----75.3691.49----0.028421.45-71.7930.30-76.6240.07-51.253.41
City of London Investment Trust plc140.56m127.17m2.03bn0.0016.061.01--14.420.25280.25280.28394.020.0675--15.44--6.112.596.152.6391.9381.3290.4877.92----0.0542178.62-32.93-6.02-38.12-7.05--2.58
Data as of Apr 16 2024. Currency figures normalised to Mercantile Investment Trust's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

49.33%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Rathbones Investment Management Ltd.as of 23 May 2023101.95m13.11%
Brewin Dolphin Ltd.as of 31 Jan 202385.17m10.95%
Quilter Cheviot Ltd.as of 31 Jan 202348.51m6.24%
Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLPas of 01 Mar 202436.60m4.71%
J. M. Finn & Co. Ltd.as of 01 Mar 202435.74m4.60%
Investec Wealth & Investment Ltd.as of 31 Jan 202233.62m4.32%
Close Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Mar 202413.59m1.75%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Mar 202410.97m1.41%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Mar 20249.76m1.26%
Allspring Global Investments LLCas of 01 Mar 20247.70m0.99%
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