Polar Capital (POLR) Competitors

Polar Capital (LON:POLR) and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts prefer POLR or TEM?

Polar Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, POLR or TEM?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Polar Capital. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment 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	£197.25M	2.50	£40.79M	£0.42	1,235.71
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	£173.08M	10.47	£140.33M	£0.12	1,411.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POLR or TEM?

Polar Capital received 258 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 69 55.65%	Underperform Votes 55 44.35%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of POLR or TEM?

51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is POLR or TEM a better dividend stock?

Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is POLR or TEM more profitable?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 20.68%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 29.27% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polar Capital	20.68%	29.27%	14.85%
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	81.07%	6.93%	4.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, POLR or TEM?

Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor POLR or TEM?

In the previous week, Polar Capital and Polar Capital both had 3 articles in the media. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Polar Capital's score of 0.37 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Polar Capital beats Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.