British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC) Competitors

British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is BSC or POLR a better dividend stock?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. British Smaller Companies VCT2 pays out 176.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polar Capital pays out 107.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polar Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BSC or POLR?

51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BSC or POLR?

Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT2. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British Smaller Companies VCT2	£10.71M	14.66	£6.79M	£2.27	23.13
Polar Capital	£208.88M	2.23	£41.05M	£42.90	11.34

Does the media refer more to BSC or POLR?

In the previous week, Polar Capital had 1 more articles in the media than British Smaller Companies VCT2. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT2. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Neutral
Polar Capital	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BSC or POLR?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BSC or POLR?

Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than British Smaller Companies VCT2.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British Smaller Companies VCT2	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BSC or POLR?

Polar Capital received 298 more outperform votes than British Smaller Companies VCT2 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Outperform Votes 29 65.91%	Underperform Votes 15 34.09%
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%

Is BSC or POLR more profitable?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 has a net margin of 63.40% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Smaller Companies VCT2	63.40%	4.00%	2.73%
Polar Capital	19.65%	32.10%	14.85%

Summary

Polar Capital beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.