Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT) Competitors

GBX 2,955
+65.00 (+2.25%)
(As of 05/3/2024 ET)

PCT vs. ATST, HL, 3IN, EMG, RCP, BUR, IIG, ABDN, MNKS, and HICL

Should you be buying Polar Capital Technology Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Technology Trust include Alliance Trust (ATST), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), abrdn (ABDN), Monks (MNKS), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Polar Capital Technology Trust vs.

Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Alliance Trust received 27 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alliance TrustOutperform Votes
110
73.33%
Underperform Votes
40
26.67%
Polar Capital Technology TrustOutperform Votes
83
64.34%
Underperform Votes
46
35.66%

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Trust£444.31M7.90£423.56M£1.43864.34
Polar Capital Technology Trust£540M6.60£508.93M£4.01736.91

Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliance Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Polar Capital Technology Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

7.7% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Alliance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 94.25%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.53% beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliance Trust95.33% 14.15% 8.22%
Polar Capital Technology Trust 94.25%17.53%10.78%

In the previous week, Alliance Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alliance Trust and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Alliance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 0.37 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alliance Trust Neutral
Polar Capital Technology Trust Positive

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PCT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCT vs. The Competition

MetricPolar Capital Technology TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.57B£810.51M£3.01B£1.59B
Dividend YieldN/A5.24%4.57%6.78%
P/E Ratio736.91981.00449.891,937.13
Price / Sales6.6014,592.122,214.88414,454.84
Price / Cash7.6385.4449.1635.60
Price / Book1.181.321.482.42
Net Income£508.93M£52.12M£332.97M£177.15M
7 Day Performance1.03%1.08%0.66%0.86%
1 Month Performance-1.99%0.79%6.76%7.29%
1 Year Performance51.85%4.44%9.20%13.99%

Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATST
Alliance Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,228
-0.6%
N/A+26.4%£3.49B£444.31M858.743Positive News
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.6724 of 5 stars
GBX 785.60
+4.1%
GBX 887.75
+13.0%
+3.4%£3.72B£753.30M1,138.552,277Analyst Report
High Trading Volume
3IN
3i Infrastructure
0 of 5 stars
GBX 333
-0.1%
N/A+4.3%£3.07B£344M900.00N/A
EMG
Man Group
0.5104 of 5 stars
GBX 257.60
+1.0%
GBX 309
+20.0%
+23.7%£2.99B£1.17B1,610.001,790News Coverage
Gap Up
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,966
-0.3%
N/A-1.0%£2.89B£-163,600,000.00-1,337.4162Insider Buying
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BUR
Burford Capital
1.1153 of 5 stars
GBX 1,240
-0.3%
GBX 1,710
+37.9%
+18.9%£2.71B£1.09B587.68161News Coverage
IIG
Intuitive Investments Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 130
+4.0%
N/A+2,160.9%£2.61B£-2,440,000.00-3,250.005Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ABDN
abrdn
0 of 5 stars
GBX 146.50
-0.3%
N/A-24.9%£2.61B£1.47B-777.254,719
MNKS
Monks
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,158
+0.3%
N/A+19.3%£2.51B£19.89M115,800.00N/AInsider Buying
High Trading Volume
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
0 of 5 stars
GBX 122.20
-1.5%
N/A-20.4%£2.48B£73.10M1,222.00N/A

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This page (LON:PCT) was last updated on 5/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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