PCGH vs. MRC, WWH, AJB, FGT, PNL, ATT, WTAN, MYI, BRW, and JTC
Should you be buying Polar Capital Glb Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), AJ Bell (AJB), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Personal Assets (PNL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Murray International (MYI), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), and JTC (JTC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare vs.
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (LON:PCGH) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare pays out 2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
The Mercantile Investment Trust received 23 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 55.67% of users gave Polar Capital Glb Healthcare an outperform vote.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. The Mercantile Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 76.99% compared to Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's net margin of 0.00%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 4.03% beat Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's return on equity.
73.7% of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, The Mercantile Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Mercantile Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
The Mercantile Investment Trust beats Polar Capital Glb Healthcare on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PCGH) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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