Mercantile Investment Trust (The)

(MRC)
Sector: Closed End Investments
234.50p
-2.00p -0.85
Last updated: 16:40:16

Share information

Name Mercantile Investment Trust (The)
Epic MRC
Isin GB00BF4JDH58
Index UK250 UK350
Industry Closed End Investments

Key numbers

Latest share price 234.50p Net gearing n/a
Market capitalisation £1,791.44 Debt ratio n/a
Shares in issue 775.50 Debt-to-equity ratio n/a
P/E ratio 23.8 Assets / equity ratio n/a
Total dividends per share 7.65p Price to book value n/a
Dividend yield 3.6 ROCE
Dividend cover 1.18 EPS growth
Earning per share 9.01 52-week high / low 195.80p / 264.50p

Dividends

Type Ex-date Pay-date Net-dividend
Q4 2024-04-11 2024-05-16 3.30p
Q3 2023-12-21 2024-02-01 1.45p
Q2 2023-09-28 2023-11-01 1.45p
Q1 2023-06-22 2023-08-01 1.45p
Q4 2023-04-06 2023-05-11 3.10p
Q3 2022-12-22 2023-02-01 1.35p
Q2 2022-09-29 2022-11-01 1.35p
Q1 2022-06-23 2022-08-01 1.35p
Q4 2022-03-31 2022-05-03 2.85p

Contact details

Company name Mercantile Investment Trust (The)
Address 60 Victoria Embankment, London, United Kingdom, EC4Y 0JP
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7742 4000
Website http://www.mercantileit.co.uk/

Directors

Director Position
Mr Angus Gordon Lennox Chairman
Ms Julia Goh Non-Executive Director
Mr Graham Kitchen Senior Independent Director
Mr Damien Maltarp Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Rachel Beagles Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Heather Hopkins Independent Non-Executive Director

Company financials

Assets £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Reporting date 31/01/24 31/01/23 31/01/22
Intangible asssets and goodwill n/a n/a n/a
Investments and other non-current assets
Total non-current assets
Inventory / work in progress
Trade and other receivables
Cash and equivalents 89.53 157.61 65.66
Other current assets and asset held for resale
Total of all assets 2212.8 2203.1 2535.05
Liabilities £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Short term liabilities
Long term liabilities
Other liabilites / pension etc
Total of all liabilities 347.18 337.42 336.84
Net assets £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Net assets 1865.62 1865.68 2198.21
Equity £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Share capital
Minority interests n/a n/a n/a
Retained earnings
Share premium account 23.46 23.46 23.46
Total equity
Income £ (m) 2024 2023 2022
Turnover 73.27 61.59 60.99
Operating profit 75.38 61.25 56.82
Pre-tax profit 71.21 57.01 52.97