Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CRWN or POLR?

Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place VCT, 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
Crown Place VCT	£4.57M	19.37	£2.31M	£0.76	38.25
Polar Capital	£208.88M	1.71	£41.05M	£42.90	8.73

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRWN or POLR?

Polar Capital received 240 more outperform votes than Crown Place VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Crown Place VCT an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%

Does the media refer more to CRWN or POLR?

In the previous week, Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Crown Place VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crown Place VCT	Neutral
Polar Capital	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CRWN or POLR?

0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Crown Place VCT 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CRWN or POLR?

Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% 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.

Is CRWN or POLR a better dividend stock?

Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Crown Place VCT pays out 262.9% 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.

Is CRWN or POLR more profitable?

Crown Place VCT has a net margin of 50.64% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown Place VCT	50.64%	2.35%	1.52%
Polar Capital	19.65%	32.10%	14.85%

Do analysts prefer CRWN or POLR?

Polar Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 570, suggesting a potential upside of 52.20%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Crown Place VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown Place VCT	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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Polar Capital beats Crown Place VCT on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.