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The Mercantile Investment Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's objective is to achieve long term capital growth from a portfolio of UK medium and smaller sized companies. The Company's investment policy includes to emphasize capital growth from medium and smaller sized companies, to achieve long term dividend growth at least in line with inflation and to use long term gearing to increase potential returns to shareholders. 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)41.24m
- Net income in GBP17.57m
- Incorporated1884
- Employees0.00
- LocationMercantile Investment Trust60 Victoria EmbankmentLONDON EC4Y 0JPUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 207 742 4000
- Websitehttps://am.jpmorgan.com/gb/en/asset-management/per/products/the-mercantile-investment-trust-plc-ordinary-shares-gb00bf4jdh58
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Profile
| Management group(s) | JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd |
|---|---|
| AIC sector | UK All Companies |
| ISIN | GB00BF4JDH58 |
| Launch date | 08 Dec 1884 |
| Share type | Ordinary Share |
| Structure | Investment Trust |
| Base currency | GBP |
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 |
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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.
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
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| Smithson Investment Trust PLC | 106.55m | 83.49m | 1.54bn | 0.00 | 23.01 | 0.8611 | -- | 14.50 | 0.625 | 0.625 | 0.8171 | 16.70 | 0.0507 | -- | 8.72 | -- | 3.97 | -1.93 | 3.99 | -1.93 | 83.84 | -- | 78.36 | -- | -- | -- | 0.00 | -- | -352.50 | -- | -674.64 | -- | -- | -- |
| Law Debenture Corporation plc | 252.53m | 169.96m | 1.55bn | 301.00 | 9.03 | 1.46 | 9.01 | 6.15 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.91 | 7.95 | 0.2134 | -- | 7.05 | 838,976.80 | 14.36 | 4.69 | 14.64 | 4.85 | 96.63 | 92.19 | 67.30 | 46.22 | -- | 29.48 | 0.1367 | 81.39 | 32.00 | 1.09 | 29.00 | -5.69 | 65.30 | 5.20 |
| Pantheon International PLC | 45.41m | -6.71m | 1.59bn | 0.00 | -- | 0.7423 | -- | 34.99 | -0.0156 | -0.0156 | 0.0984 | 4.96 | 0.0182 | -- | 16.31 | -- | -0.2691 | 8.26 | -0.2745 | 8.35 | -2.53 | 85.20 | -14.78 | 83.08 | -- | -- | 0.0956 | 0.00 | -42.47 | -11.71 | -121.21 | -- | -- | -- |
| Renewables Infrastructure Group Ltd | -210.10m | -213.20m | 1.65bn | 0.00 | -- | 0.6396 | -- | -- | -0.0871 | -0.0871 | -0.0858 | 1.08 | -0.0739 | -- | -- | -- | -7.50 | 5.23 | -7.50 | 5.23 | -- | 99.85 | -- | 108.31 | -- | -2,131.00 | 0.00 | 109.39 | -554.55 | -- | -2,086.21 | -- | -- | 2.49 |
| AJ Bell PLC | 317.85m | 105.12m | 1.71bn | 1.55k | 16.72 | 7.94 | 15.63 | 5.37 | 0.2557 | 0.2557 | 0.7728 | 0.5384 | 1.07 | -- | 4.97 | 205,062.60 | 35.52 | 32.45 | 46.93 | 40.07 | -- | -- | 33.07 | 31.22 | -- | -- | 0.0525 | 66.84 | 17.97 | 20.19 | 24.71 | 22.04 | 18.17 | 18.26 |
| Personal Assets Trust PLC | 168.57m | 152.91m | 1.72bn | 0.00 | 11.52 | -- | 11.28 | 10.23 | 0.4759 | 0.4759 | 0.5214 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.57 | -- | 4.61 | -- | 89.21 | 90.71 | 83.32 | -- | -- | -- | 30.27 | 111.40 | 12.17 | 159.64 | 11.92 | -- | 0.00 |
| Ashmore Group plc | 153.10m | 113.50m | 1.77bn | 272.00 | 14.98 | 2.29 | 14.73 | 11.55 | 0.1656 | 0.1656 | 0.2232 | 1.08 | 0.1619 | -- | 2.77 | 562,867.60 | 12.35 | 11.67 | 14.33 | 13.30 | -- | -- | 76.29 | 54.41 | -- | -- | 0.0212 | 101.35 | -25.94 | -14.95 | -13.34 | -14.92 | -27.52 | 0.00 |
| BlackRock World Mining Trust Plc | 2.39m | -19.19m | 1.78bn | 0.00 | -- | 1.77 | -- | 746.89 | -0.0966 | -0.0966 | 0.0126 | 5.40 | 0.002 | -- | 0.2496 | -- | -1.62 | 6.73 | -1.82 | 7.64 | -594.60 | 85.47 | -803.98 | 82.02 | -- | -1,886.13 | 0.084 | 72.04 | -74.48 | -- | -51.85 | -- | -- | 0.893 |
| Caledonia Investments plc | 220.30m | 185.30m | 1.79bn | 76.00 | 9.81 | 0.598 | -- | 8.11 | 0.3498 | 0.3498 | 0.4134 | 5.74 | 0.0737 | -- | 26.54 | 2,898,684.00 | 6.20 | 10.98 | 6.24 | 11.31 | 85.61 | -- | 84.11 | 91.97 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 18.67 | -58.68 | -- | -67.57 | -- | -7.79 | 3.79 |
| Mercantile Investment Trust PLC | 41.24m | 17.57m | 1.81bn | 0.00 | 90.88 | 0.9728 | -- | 43.90 | 0.0293 | 0.0293 | 0.0551 | 2.73 | 0.0172 | -- | 3.56 | -- | 0.7344 | 1.40 | 0.7374 | 1.41 | 46.87 | 62.42 | 42.60 | 58.50 | -- | -- | 0.1429 | 175.48 | 172.11 | -11.98 | 220.95 | -12.96 | -- | 3.66 |
| Allianz Technology Trust PLC | 152.78m | 141.51m | 1.85bn | 0.00 | 14.12 | 1.11 | -- | 12.12 | 0.3712 | 0.3712 | 0.4018 | 4.72 | 0.0891 | -- | -- | -- | 8.25 | 18.10 | 8.26 | 18.22 | 94.01 | 94.70 | 92.63 | 94.01 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.77 | 29.59 | 9.49 | 30.08 | -- | -- |
| JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC | 92.47m | 79.62m | 1.88bn | 0.00 | 25.41 | 1.06 | -- | 20.32 | 0.4377 | 0.4377 | 0.5144 | 10.50 | 0.0473 | -- | 38.31 | -- | 4.07 | 15.84 | 4.11 | 15.97 | 91.03 | 97.51 | 86.10 | 95.87 | -- | -- | 0.0376 | 5.81 | 46.96 | 19.47 | 48.22 | 19.48 | -- | 11.10 |
| TP ICAP Group PLC | 2.33bn | 175.00m | 1.90bn | 5.21k | 11.97 | 0.9919 | 6.98 | 0.8139 | 0.213 | 0.213 | 2.99 | 2.57 | 0.323 | -- | 6.79 | 447,964.70 | 2.20 | 1.34 | 5.27 | 2.41 | -- | -- | 6.82 | 3.58 | -- | 9.75 | 0.3351 | 101.57 | 2.83 | 4.21 | 125.68 | 20.04 | 14.17 | 1.40 |
| Rathbones Group PLC | 1.01bn | 64.40m | 2.00bn | 3.52k | 38.68 | 1.42 | 14.08 | 1.97 | 0.5688 | 0.5688 | 8.55 | 15.44 | 0.20 | -- | 405.36 | 285,867.40 | 1.27 | 1.40 | 4.17 | 5.39 | 88.57 | 89.07 | 6.35 | 8.27 | -- | -- | 0.7363 | 117.13 | 49.59 | 21.45 | 74.67 | 19.46 | 25.83 | 5.85 |
| Greencoat UK Wind PLC | -11.51m | -146.89m | 2.03bn | 0.00 | -- | 0.6552 | -- | -- | -0.0653 | -0.0653 | -0.0051 | 1.43 | -0.0022 | -- | -- | -- | -2.82 | 6.85 | -2.99 | 7.07 | -- | 92.79 | -- | 78.54 | -- | -0.4553 | 0.3561 | 60.57 | -73.69 | -7.12 | -143.91 | -- | -- | 7.60 |
| Murray International Trust plc | 154.68m | 134.39m | 2.10bn | 0.00 | 15.85 | 1.23 | -- | 13.57 | 0.2243 | 0.2243 | 0.2567 | 2.88 | 0.0853 | -- | 13.85 | -- | 7.41 | 6.70 | 7.42 | 6.89 | 93.51 | 91.37 | 86.88 | 86.23 | -- | -- | 0.0605 | 52.07 | -3.42 | -5.29 | -3.90 | -6.02 | -- | 1.98 |
Data as of Feb 13 2026. Currency figures normalised to Mercantile Investment Trust's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX
53.15%Per cent of shares held by top holders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Rathbones Investment Management Ltd.as of 22 Jan 2026 | 115.17m | 16.86% |
| Brewin Dolphin Ltd.as of 31 Jan 2025 | 69.63m | 10.19% |
| Quilter Cheviot Ltd.as of 31 Jan 2024 | 46.55m | 6.81% |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLPas of 21 Oct 2025 | 34.95m | 5.12% |
| J. M. Finn & Co. Ltd.as of 01 Dec 2025 | 33.48m | 4.90% |
| Investec Wealth & Investment Ltd.as of 17 Jul 2024 | 20.63m | 3.02% |
| TrinityBridge Ltd.as of 01 Dec 2025 | 13.24m | 1.94% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Dec 2025 | 11.36m | 1.66% |
| Vanguard Asset Management Ltd.as of 31 Dec 2025 | 9.31m | 1.36% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers Ltd.as of 01 Dec 2025 | 8.77m | 1.28% |
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Data from 30 Sep 2025 - 11 Feb 2026Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
