Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc is a UK investment trust launched in July 2013, co-managed by Polar Capital's John Yakas, Nick Brind and George Barrow. The Trust was initially launched with a fixed term life but in April 2020 moved to 5-yearly tender offers with no fixed end of life. The first of the regular tender offers will be on or before 30 June 2025. PCFT aims to select the best investment opportunities from the world of financials. The investment team scours the globe and actively invests in developed regions such as the US as well as emerging economies and Asia. With a relatively low exposure to UK companies, the Trust could be a complementary holding to existing UK financial stocks. Investing in a specialist sector such as financials requires an expert eye. The five-strong team at Polar Capital invests solely in financials and has done for many years. The culture at the firm is collegiate and, as such, the managers are able to draw on the expertise of the wider investment teams at Polar Capital, which includes a dedicated Global Insurance team. The Trust aims to deliver capital growth and income through dividends. A feature of an investment trust is the ability to store income to facilitate dividend payments during times when its underlying companies are unable to do so. One example of this is during the COVID-19 pandemic when many financial companies did not pay a dividend but PCFT maintained its own income payment.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 200 to 203
• 50-Day Range: 188.60 to 201.50
• 52-Week Range: 146.82 to 203.35
• Volume: 474,797 shs
• Average Volume: 847,232 shs
• Market Capitalization: £612.04 million
• P/E Ratio: 544.59
• Dividend Yield: 2.48%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

PCFT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PCFT shares performed this year?

Polar Capital Global Financials' stock was trading at GBX 191.40 at the start of the year. Since then, PCFT stock has increased by 5.3% and is now trading at GBX 201.50.
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How do I buy shares of Polar Capital Global Financials?

Shares of PCFT stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Polar Capital Global Financials own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Polar Capital Global Financials investors own include Sirius Minerals (SXX), Invesco Enhanced Income (IPE), Hormel Foods (HRL), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Diageo (DEO) and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:PCFT
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.polarcapitalglobalfinancialstrust.com
• Phone: +44-20-72272700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 544.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £115.76 million
• Net Margins: 91.44%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 22.10%
• Return on Assets: 12.59%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 12.23
• Current Ratio: 17.44
• Quick Ratio: 0.68

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £126.59 million
• Price / Sales: 4.83
• Cash Flow: GBX 14.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.29
• Book Value: GBX 185 per share
• Price / Book: 1.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 303,740,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £612.04 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.98