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Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) Competitors

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GBX 210.48 +0.98 (+0.47%)
As of 10/3/2025 12:00 PM Eastern

PCFT vs. BHMG, WWH, LWDB, BNKR, JMG, ASL, VEIL, FSV, BRWM, and HRI

Should you be buying Polar Capital Global Financials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Global Financials include BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Law Debenture (LWDB), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), and Herald (HRI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Polar Capital Global Financials vs. Its Competitors

Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) and BH Macro GBP (LON:BHMG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

BH Macro GBP has a net margin of 150.73% compared to Polar Capital Global Financials' net margin of 91.44%. Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity of 22.02% beat BH Macro GBP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Polar Capital Global Financials91.44% 22.02% 12.59%
BH Macro GBP 150.73%2.23%-0.31%

5.8% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.6% of BH Macro GBP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of BH Macro GBP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Polar Capital Global Financials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BH Macro GBP. Polar Capital Global Financials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BH Macro GBP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Polar Capital Global Financials£102.26M3.50£115.21M£0.33643.68
BH Macro GBP£152.48M9.16£53.77M£0.152,588.39

In the previous week, Polar Capital Global Financials had 1 more articles in the media than BH Macro GBP. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials and 0 mentions for BH Macro GBP. BH Macro GBP's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Polar Capital Global Financials' score of 1.11 indicating that BH Macro GBP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital Global Financials Positive
BH Macro GBP Very Positive

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, BH Macro GBP has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Polar Capital Global Financials beats BH Macro GBP on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCFT vs. The Competition

MetricPolar Capital Global FinancialsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£358.20M£1.48B£6.48B£2.61B
Dividend Yield2.29%4.62%4.33%5.31%
P/E Ratio643.684,830.611,800.865,435.70
Price / Sales3.501,959.571,345.73262,744.60
Price / Cash14.2960.47127.4127.90
Price / Book1.141.382.138.04
Net Income£115.21M£264.59M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.25%0.83%4.11%4.35%
1 Month Performance0.23%1.78%6.68%6.56%
1 Year Performance18.78%8.65%37.03%140.53%

Polar Capital Global Financials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCFT
Polar Capital Global Financials
N/AGBX 210.48
+0.5%
N/A+19.2%£358.20M£102.26M643.68N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BHMG
BH Macro GBP
N/AGBX 391
-0.4%
N/A+4.5%£1.38B£152.48M2,555.71N/APositive News
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 327
-0.6%
N/A-1.6%£1.38B-£205.14M-809.41N/APositive News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,028
+0.4%
N/A+19.7%£1.37B£244.75M801.50260
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 129.20
-0.2%
N/A+16.5%£1.33B-£16.26M-6,591.84N/APositive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 128.60
+0.5%
N/A+16.4%£1.28B£89.04M1,834.52N/AEarnings Report
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,542
+0.4%
N/A+0.7%£1.25B£68.05M1,933.54N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 741
+1.8%
N/A+25.0%£1.25B£179.53M823.33N/ANews Coverage
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 385
-0.3%
N/A+30.2%£1.24B£206.83M608.3125,000Positive News
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 658
+0.9%
N/A+28.4%£1.23B-£115.12M-1,048.61147,000Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,480
-0.8%
N/A+20.9%£1.22B£34.06M3,626.796,600News Coverage

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