PCFT vs. MNKS, HICL, CTY, HGT, HVPE, INPP, QLT, TRIG, AJB, and TEM
Should you be buying Polar Capital Global Financials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Global Financials include Monks (MNKS), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), AJ Bell (AJB), and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital Global Financials vs. Its Competitors
Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) and Monks (LON:MNKS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Monks has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital Global Financials. Monks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital Global Financials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to Polar Capital Global Financials' net margin of 91.44%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity.
Polar Capital Global Financials pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Polar Capital Global Financials pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Monks had 35 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Global Financials. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Monks and 3 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials. Polar Capital Global Financials' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Monks' score of -0.34 indicating that Polar Capital Global Financials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Polar Capital Global Financials has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Monks beats Polar Capital Global Financials on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PCFT) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
