Mercantile Investment Trust (The)

(MRC)
Sector: Closed End Investments
251.50p
-2.50p -0.98
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 251.50p Net gearing n/a
Market capitalisation £1,760.82 Debt ratio n/a
Shares in issue 704.40 Debt-to-equity ratio n/a
P/E ratio 27.5 Assets / equity ratio n/a
Total dividends per share 3.10p Price to book value n/a
Dividend yield 3.2 ROCE
Dividend cover 1.13 EPS growth
Earning per share 8.96 52-week high / low 202.50p / 258.00p

Dividends

Type Ex-date Pay-date Net-dividend
Q2 2025-09-25 2025-11-03 1.55p
Q1 2025-06-05 2025-08-01 1.55p
Q4 2025-04-10 2025-05-16 3.40p
Q3 2024-12-19 2025-02-03 1.50p
Q2 2024-09-26 2024-11-01 1.50p
Q1 2024-06-20 2024-08-01 1.50p
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

Contact details

Company name Mercantile Investment Trust (The)
Address 60 Victoria Embankment, London, United Kingdom, EC4Y 0JP
Telephone +44 (0) 800 20 40 20
Website http://www.mercantileit.co.uk/

Directors

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

Company financials

Assets £ (m) 2025 2024 2023
Reporting date 31/01/25 31/01/24 31/01/23
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 20.25 0.35 157.61
Other current assets and asset held for resale
Total of all assets 2303.93 2212.8 2203.1
Liabilities £ (m) 2025 2024 2023
Short term liabilities
Long term liabilities
Other liabilites / pension etc
Total of all liabilities 338.46 347.18 337.42
Net assets £ (m) 2025 2024 2023
Net assets 1965.47 1865.62 1865.68
Equity £ (m) 2025 2024 2023
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) 2025 2024 2023
Turnover 76.73 73.27 61.59
Operating profit 74.2 75.38 61.25
Pre-tax profit 70.02 71.21 57.01