POLR vs. SSON, HGT, CTY, CLDN, MRC, WWH, HVPE, BPT, JAM, and TEM
Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), HgCapital Trust (HGT), City of London (CTY), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), JPMorgan American (JAM), and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Polar Capital received 327 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smithson Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Polar Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 515, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Smithson Investment Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Smithson Investment Trust.
Polar Capital has a net margin of 19.01% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity of 25.84% beat Polar Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Polar Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smithson Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Polar Capital beats Smithson Investment Trust on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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