Polar Capital (POLR) Competitors

JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JAM or POLR?

53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer JAM or POLR?

Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Polar Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than JPMorgan American.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JAM or POLR?

Polar Capital received 232 more outperform votes than JPMorgan American when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave JPMorgan American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan American	Outperform Votes 95 65.07%	Underperform Votes 51 34.93%
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, JAM or POLR?

JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan American, 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
JPMorgan American	£434.58M	4.24	£424.07M	£2.32	441.38
Polar Capital	£197.25M	0.00	£40.79M	£0.42	N/A

Is JAM or POLR more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 20.68%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 29.27% beat JPMorgan American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan American	97.58%	25.80%	15.33%
Polar Capital	20.68%	29.27%	14.85%

Does the media favor JAM or POLR?

In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JPMorgan American and 2 mentions for Polar Capital. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat JPMorgan American's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan American	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Polar Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is JAM or POLR a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share. JPMorgan American pays out 344.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polar Capital pays out 10,952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan American is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, JAM or POLR?

JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan American and Polar Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.