Initation note from QuotedData
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Mercantile - Initiation note from QuotedData
26 October 2026
Tomorrow's UK market leaders
The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC) offers an actively managed portfolio of UK-listed medium-sized and smaller companies that its investment manager believes could become market leaders. Skilled, well-resourced managers can add value in this market, as MRC's long-term record demonstrates. Its end-August factsheet shows average annual outperformance of 2.66% against its benchmark over 10 years, with a total share price return of 137% versus 85% for the index.
Negative sentiment towards the UK weighs on valuations, despite its many growing businesses. UK shares are cheap relative to peers, particularly medium-sized and smaller companies. The government appears to recognise the problem, with initiatives underway aimed at increasing ownership of UK shares and the capital available to UK businesses. A shift in investor attitudes towards UK shares could have a disproportionately large impact on MRC's returns.
MRC targets long-term capital growth from UK medium-sized and smaller companies, and dividend growth at least matching inflation over five to ten years. It uses long-term borrowing to increase potential returns.
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