NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE) Competitors

NB Private Equity Partners (LON:NBPE) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NBPE or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust received 38 more outperform votes than NB Private Equity Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave NB Private Equity Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NB Private Equity Partners	Outperform Votes 45 59.21%	Underperform Votes 31 40.79%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 83 64.34%	Underperform Votes 46 35.66%

Does the media prefer NBPE or PCT?

In the previous week, NB Private Equity Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for NB Private Equity Partners and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat NB Private Equity Partners' score of 1.11 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NB Private Equity Partners	Positive
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Positive

Is NBPE or PCT more profitable?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to NB Private Equity Partners' net margin of -215.03%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat NB Private Equity Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NB Private Equity Partners	-215.03%	-1.71%	-0.61%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	96.56%	30.54%	20.70%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NBPE or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital Technology Trust, 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
NB Private Equity Partners	£12.90M	68.87	-£27.74M	-£38.13	-40.18
Polar Capital Technology Trust	£1.24B	2.78	£1.20B	£101.86	2.88

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NBPE or PCT?

53.1% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NBPE or PCT?

NB Private Equity Partners has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Polar Capital Technology Trust beats NB Private Equity Partners on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.