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The Mercantile Investment Trust(MRC)

Sector:

Equity Investment Instruments

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£862.07m

Change Today

Price Down-6.50p

Share Price

837.00p

MRC Overview

Capital growth from a portfolio of medium sized and smaller UK companies. To maintain long-term dividend growth at least in line with inflation.

1 Day Chart (04-Jul-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.2 n/a
Op Mrgn 113.5% n/a
ROCE 4.1%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 21.0 n/a
PEG 0.5 n/a
Pr/Revenue 19.6 n/a
Pr/Book 0.7  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.4% n/a
PBT 26.5% n/a
EPS 44.6% n/a
DPS 36.0% n/a

MRC Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-04 34.05 24.48 18.08p 34.3 17.1 +2% 18.75p 3.0%
31-Jan-05 34.97 24.82 18.27p 39.1 39.1 +1% 19.75p 2.8%
31-Jan-06 37.62 29.37 21.79p 44.3 2.3 +19% 21.75p 2.3%
31-Jan-07 42.10 35.04 27.51p 45.7 1.8 +26% 25.00p 2.0%
31-Jan-08 43.95 44.35 39.79p 25.6 0.6 +45% 34.00p 3.3%

MRC Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 04-Jul-2008 15:41 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 04-Jul-2008 12:15 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 03-Jul-2008 11:59 RNS

MRC ShareCast News

Ritblat junior sells at British Land 09-Dec-2003 ShareCast

MRC Top Newspaper Links

Squeeze sees Blackstone ditch acquisition 02-Jan-2008 Telegraph

Latest MRC Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
19-Jun-08 Buy Charles Peel 903.00p 13,100 £118,293.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

MRC Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 837.00p Price Down
Change Today -6.50p
52 Week High 1,311.00p
52 Week Low 815.50p
Volume 80,416
Shares Issued 103.00m
Market Cap £862.07m
Beta 0.94

MRC Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
0.36% below the market average0.36% below the market average0.36% below the market average0.36% below the market average0.36% below the market average
75.25% above the sector average75.25% above the sector average75.25% above the sector average75.25% above the sector average75.25% above the sector average
Price Trend
9.9% below the market average9.9% below the market average9.9% below the market average9.9% below the market average9.9% below the market average
50.32% below the sector average50.32% below the sector average50.32% below the sector average50.32% below the sector average50.32% below the sector average
Income
13.28% below the market average13.28% below the market average13.28% below the market average13.28% below the market average13.28% below the market average
71.32% above the sector average71.32% above the sector average71.32% above the sector average71.32% above the sector average71.32% above the sector average
Growth
3.90% above the market average3.90% above the market average3.90% above the market average3.90% above the market average3.90% above the market average
44.32% above the sector average44.32% above the sector average44.32% above the sector average44.32% above the sector average44.32% above the sector average

MRC Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Special Q4
Ex-Div 02-Apr-08 02-Apr-08
Paid 01-May-08 01-May-08
Amount 4.00p 17.50p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:37 142 @ 830.00p
16:35 2,365 @ 837.00p
16:27 1,000 @ 827.00p
16:25 867 @ 827.00p
16:25 906 @ 827.00p

MRC Key Personnel

Chair I H L Melville

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