Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) Competitors

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) and Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the media prefer HVPE or PCFT?

In the previous week, Polar Capital Global Financials had 1 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials and 0 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. HarbourVest Global Private Equity's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Polar Capital Global Financials' score of 1.16 indicating that HarbourVest Global Private Equity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Positive
Polar Capital Global Financials	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HVPE or PCFT?

Polar Capital Global Financials received 45 more outperform votes than HarbourVest Global Private Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.26% of users gave Polar Capital Global Financials an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave HarbourVest Global Private Equity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Outperform Votes 63 63.64%	Underperform Votes 36 36.36%
Polar Capital Global Financials	Outperform Votes 108 78.26%	Underperform Votes 30 21.74%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HVPE or PCFT?

Polar Capital Global Financials has higher revenue and earnings than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Polar Capital Global Financials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarbourVest Global Private Equity, 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
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	£32.28M	69.29	£12.26M	£10.63	227.56
Polar Capital Global Financials	£125.99M	4.72	£115.21M	£37.58	5.19

Is HVPE or PCFT more profitable?

Polar Capital Global Financials has a net margin of 91.44% compared to HarbourVest Global Private Equity's net margin of 37.99%. Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity of 22.02% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	37.99%	0.26%	2.14%
Polar Capital Global Financials	91.44%	22.02%	12.59%

Which has more risk and volatility, HVPE or PCFT?

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Global Financials has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HVPE or PCFT?

21.0% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Polar Capital Global Financials beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.