Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) Competitors

Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCFT or HVPE?

Polar Capital Global Financials received 45 more outperform votes than HarbourVest Global Private Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.26% of users gave Polar Capital Global Financials an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave HarbourVest Global Private Equity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Polar Capital Global Financials	Outperform Votes 108 78.26%	Underperform Votes 30 21.74%
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Outperform Votes 63 63.64%	Underperform Votes 36 36.36%

Is PCFT or HVPE more profitable?

Polar Capital Global Financials has a net margin of 91.44% compared to HarbourVest Global Private Equity's net margin of 37.99%. Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity of 22.02% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polar Capital Global Financials	91.44%	22.02%	12.59%
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	37.99%	0.26%	2.14%

Which has better valuation and earnings, PCFT or HVPE?

Polar Capital Global Financials has higher revenue and earnings than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Polar Capital Global Financials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarbourVest Global Private Equity, 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
Polar Capital Global Financials	£125.99M	4.99	£115.21M	£37.58	5.48
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	£32.28M	77.45	£12.26M	£10.63	254.36

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PCFT or HVPE?

78.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PCFT or HVPE?

In the previous week, Polar Capital Global Financials had 3 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials and 0 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Polar Capital Global Financials' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital Global Financials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital Global Financials	Positive
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, PCFT or HVPE?

Polar Capital Global Financials has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Polar Capital Global Financials beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.