Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PCFT or HGT?

78.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PCFT or HGT?

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital Global Financials. Polar Capital Global Financials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital 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
Polar Capital Global Financials	£125.99M	4.55	£115.21M	£37.58	5.00
HgCapital Trust	£312.64M	7.48	£284.58M	£60.49	8.33

Which has more risk and volatility, PCFT or HGT?

Polar Capital Global Financials has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PCFT or HGT?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Global Financials. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Polar Capital Global Financials' score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital Global Financials	Neutral
HgCapital Trust	Very Positive

Is PCFT or HGT more profitable?

Polar Capital Global Financials has a net margin of 91.44% compared to HgCapital Trust's net margin of 91.03%. Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity of 22.02% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polar Capital Global Financials	91.44%	22.02%	12.59%
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PCFT or HGT?

HgCapital Trust received 2 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Global Financials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.26% of users gave Polar Capital Global Financials an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave HgCapital Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Polar Capital Global Financials	Outperform Votes 108 78.26%	Underperform Votes 30 21.74%
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%

Is PCFT or HGT a better dividend stock?

Polar Capital Global Financials pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Polar Capital Global Financials pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Polar Capital Global Financials on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.