Merchants Share Discussion Threads

[speedsgh] 25/9/2014 09:32

Half Yearly Report -

"The board has declared a second quarterly dividend of 5.9p per ordinary share, payable on 11 November 2014 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 10 October 2014. The total distribution declared for the first half of 2014/15 is 11.8p net, maintaining the same payment compared to the first half-year dividends paid last year. As at 31 July 2014, the Trust's revenue reserve, after deducting the first and second interim dividends, represented 13.2p per share (2013 - 13.5p)."

[speedsgh] 10/12/2013 14:20

tel5 - cheers

[tel5] 10/12/2013 14:03

either city merchants high yield trust chmy paying dividend 4x a year 4.25% or

shires income shrs paying dividend 4 x a year yield currently 5.1%

[speedsgh] 10/12/2013 13:22

Can anyone recommend a peer to MRCH (investment trust) which offers an attractive yield?

[losos] 10/12/2013 12:15

The talking heads on various channels are predicting some volatility in Q1 and Q2 of 2014 - The inevitable reduction in QE will not be wonderful for equities so maybe now is the time to hold a fund like Merchants if they can continue to offer a good yield.

[tel5] 03/10/2013 10:03

still offers a good steady yield at just under 5% payable quarterly so a good share to have in isas offering a good income with good chance of capital growth over the medium term

[dandu69] 04/6/2013 09:13

Back to a 5% yield at current prices.

[asmodeus] 30/4/2013 09:50

And that includes me!

[tel5] 30/4/2013 08:52

there are a lot of people who hold this share in isas as it is a consistent dividend payer and should also show growth as markets improve .

[dandu69] 29/4/2013 16:36

Surprise there`s not much interest in this, steady dividend income provider.

[janeann] 03/2/2013 16:44

yes, well worth while; consistent dividend and prospect for growth.

[dandu69] 30/1/2013 08:35

Ex Dividend today, worth a look in for a long term hold.

[dandu71] 01/5/2012 16:38

For what it`s worth I like it! Was reading an article which stated about them investing in a broad range of FTSE100 companies.....bought today at 377 purely for the yield. One for the retirement fund.

[redips2] 23/3/2012 18:49

Redmayne-Bentley like it too.

[beaufort1] 19/3/2012 16:50

This is a nice little earner and with a fair bit of capital growth too.

[wassapper] 06/10/2011 19:37

interesting

[topvest] 22/8/2011 12:03

Yes, little point investing much in small caps when the blue-chips are this cheap.

[godel] 22/8/2011 10:18

Joined you topvest ...topped up with more.

I'm taking every divi and reinvesting it.

Also hold substantial no of shares in HHI and HFEL.

Looking at HINT once it establishes its dividend policy.

[topvest] 18/8/2011 19:30

Bit of a bargain this afternoon - bought some more late afternoon on a 6.5% yield - not bad at all for a trust with a 29 year dividend increase record!

[djderry] 19/7/2010 16:44

The next question is will the suspension of BP dividends impact on MRCH's dividend pay-out?

[zap217] 29/6/2010 21:24

That was 2 months ago. It will be half that now anyway.

[djderry] 10/6/2010 20:56

I wonder will they increase/reduce their holding (6.74%) of portfolio in BP?

[kiwi2007] 22/5/2010 06:46

Thanks for that washbrook -never used morningstar before - it seems a very useful site - cheers :o)

[washbrook] 21/5/2010 06:47

Kiwi
The latest annual returns 31.1.2010.
Income to shareholders=£19.498million
Revenue reserve = £26.071214 million
Dividend paid £23.589 million
RESERVE 0.8
Comparisons
CTY 1.1
DIG 0.8
ANNUAL REPORT

I consider CTY as the doyen of the income stream for I.Ts
CTY rated 4 stars with Morningstar
DIG
rated 2 stars
Merchants 3stars
source:-