Polar Capital (POLR) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, FGT or POLR?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% 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.

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

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FGT or POLR?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polar Capital. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, 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
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	12.81	£90.54M	£60.89	14.34
Polar Capital	£208.88M	1.68	£41.05M	£42.90	8.55

Is FGT or POLR more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%
Polar Capital	19.65%	32.10%	14.85%

Is FGT or POLR a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polar Capital pays out 107.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FGT or POLR?

Polar Capital received 249 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%

Do analysts rate FGT or POLR?

Polar Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 570, suggesting a potential upside of 55.31%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Finsbury Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Finsbury Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor FGT or POLR?

In the previous week, Polar Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Finsbury Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Polar Capital and 1 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Polar Capital's score of 0.19 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Polar Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Polar Capital beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.