The Mercantile Investment Trust plc

LSE:MRC Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.8b

Mercantile Investment Trust Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Mercantile Investment Trust's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -12.4%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 14.7% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 12.2% per year. Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity is 4%, and it has net margins of 77%.

Key information

-12.4%

Earnings growth rate

-12.5%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth16.3%
Revenue growth rate-12.2%
Return on equity4.0%
Net Margin77.0%
Last Earnings Update31 Jan 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
Beta

How Mercantile Investment Trust makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

LSE:MRC Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Jan 24987580
31 Oct 23634180
31 Jul 2327780
30 Apr 23-113-13480
31 Jan 23-253-27580
31 Oct 22-376-40190
31 Jul 22-500-526100
30 Apr 22-105-131100
31 Jan 22289264110
31 Oct 21575551100
31 Jul 2186183990
30 Apr 2136934890
31 Jan 21-123-14490
31 Oct 20-144-16590
31 Jul 20-166-18690
30 Apr 2016914990
31 Jan 2050348380
31 Oct 1924122180
31 Jul 19-22-4180
30 Apr 19-82-10280
31 Jan 19-143-16280
31 Oct 18462690
31 Jul 1823521590
30 Apr 1833431490
31 Jan 1843341390
31 Oct 1741039090
31 Jul 1738736880
30 Apr 1724422580
31 Jan 171028290
31 Oct 16331290
31 Jul 16-37-5790
30 Apr 16997890
31 Jan 1623421490
31 Oct 1529027090
31 Jul 1534732780
30 Apr 1521920080
31 Jan 15927280
31 Oct 141169680
31 Jul 1414012080
30 Apr 1426524580
31 Jan 1438937070
31 Oct 1343341570
31 Jul 1347745970

Quality Earnings: MRC has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: MRC became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: MRC has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -12.4% per year.

Accelerating Growth: MRC has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: MRC has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (-9.1%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: MRC's Return on Equity (4%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed

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