Murray Income Trust (MUT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MUT or PCT?

Murray Income Trust received 16 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 83 64.34%	Underperform Votes 46 35.66%

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

46.8% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Murray Income Trust 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MUT or PCT more profitable?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.18% compared to Murray Income Trust's net margin of 90.28%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 33.63% beat Murray Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust	90.28%	7.98%	4.65%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	97.18%	33.63%	20.70%

Do analysts recommend MUT or PCT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murray Income 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

Does the media prefer MUT or PCT?

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust	Positive
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, MUT or PCT?

Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MUT or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Murray Income Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray Income 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
Murray Income Trust	£88.65M	10.24	£80.03M	£0.72	1,177.78
Polar Capital Technology Trust	£1.15B	2.85	£1.12B	£9.04	303.65

Summary

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