NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to PCT or NBPE?

In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust and Polar Capital Technology Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat NB Private Equity Partners' score of 0.34 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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)	Very Positive
NB Private Equity Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PCT or NBPE?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polar Capital Technology Trust	£1.24B	2.85	£1.20B	£101.86	2.95
NB Private Equity Partners	£12.90M	64.55	-£27.74M	-£38.13	-37.66

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PCT or NBPE?

Polar Capital Technology Trust received 38 more outperform votes than NB Private Equity Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave NB Private Equity Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 83 64.34%	Underperform Votes 46 35.66%
NB Private Equity Partners	Outperform Votes 45 59.21%	Underperform Votes 31 40.79%

Which has more risk & volatility, PCT or NBPE?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NB Private Equity Partners has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PCT or NBPE more profitable?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to NB Private Equity Partners' net margin of -215.03%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat NB Private Equity Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polar Capital Technology Trust	96.56%	30.54%	20.70%
NB Private Equity Partners	-215.03%	-1.71%	-0.61%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PCT or NBPE?

43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Polar Capital Technology Trust beats NB Private Equity Partners on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.