PCT vs. SMT, PSH, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, ATST, and UKW
Should you be buying Polar Capital Technology Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Technology Trust include Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Alliance Trust (ATST), and Greencoat UK Wind (UKW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Scottish Mortgage had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Scottish Mortgage and 1 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Scottish Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 0.90 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to Polar Capital Technology Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Scottish Mortgage's return on equity of 17.53% beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity.
Scottish Mortgage received 52 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.84% of users gave Scottish Mortgage an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish Mortgage. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital Technology Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Scottish Mortgage on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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