DUKE vs. POLR, JLEN, FSG, CGI, JPGI, POLN, ATR, GHE, PAC, and BHGG
Should you be buying Duke Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Capital include Polar Capital (POLR), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), Foresight Group (FSG), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), Gresham House (GHE), Pacific Assets (PAC), and BH Global (BHGG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Duke Capital vs.
Duke Capital (LON:DUKE) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Duke Capital. Duke Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Duke Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Duke Capital pays out 10,000.0% 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 10,952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Duke Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Duke Capital has a net margin of 45.72% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 20.68%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 29.27% beat Duke Capital's return on equity.
36.1% of Duke Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Duke Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Duke Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 46, suggesting a potential upside of 52.08%. Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Duke Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Duke Capital is more favorable than Polar Capital.
Duke Capital has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Duke Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Duke Capital and 0 mentions for Polar Capital. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Duke Capital's score of -0.29 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polar Capital received 217 more outperform votes than Duke Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.32% of users gave Duke Capital an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Duke Capital and Polar Capital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DUKE) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
