AVI Global Trust (AGT) Competitors

AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AGT or PCT?

34.4% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AGT or PCT?

In the previous week, AVI Global Trust and AVI Global Trust both had 1 articles in the media. AVI Global Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 1.26 indicating that AVI Global Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AVI Global Trust	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 Technology Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, AGT or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than AVI Global Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVI Global 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
AVI Global Trust	£219.59M	4.66	£215.81M	£49.82	4.73
Polar Capital Technology Trust	£1.24B	3.20	£1.20B	£101.86	3.31

Which has more risk and volatility, AGT or PCT?

AVI Global Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AGT or PCT more profitable?

AVI Global Trust has a net margin of 98.28% compared to Polar Capital Technology Trust's net margin of 96.56%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat AVI Global Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AVI Global Trust	98.28%	20.08%	7.00%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	96.56%	30.54%	20.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGT or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust received 73 more outperform votes than AVI Global Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave AVI Global Trust an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AVI Global Trust	Outperform Votes 10 66.67%	Underperform Votes 5 33.33%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 83 64.34%	Underperform Votes 46 35.66%

Summary

AVI Global Trust and Polar Capital Technology Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.