Review: UK equity ‘best ideas’ with 5% dividend yield
The Merchants Trust (MRCH) is a concentrated portfolio of mainly larger UK companies, with a focus on producing a high income along with capital and income growth. It uses the FTSE 100 index as a performance measure, although around one-third of portfolio holdings are outside the index. Stock selection is mainly bottom-up but manager Simon Gergel assigns holdings to broad themes, including mega-caps and cyclical recovery or turnaround situations. The trust has raised its ordinary dividend in each of the past 33 years. A move from a premium to a discount over the past six months could be viewed as a buying opportunity, particularly as MRCH has one of the highest yields in the UK Equity Income peer group, at c 5%.Merchants Trust is an investment trust company that invests primarily in U.K. equities. Co. focuses its audit work primarily on the valuation and existence of investments and income. Co. engages Allianz Global Investors GmbH to manage its assets.
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