PCFT vs. CORD, NAS, FSFL, IPO, FSG, CHRY, EWI, CGI, THRG, and BUT
Should you be buying Polar Capital Global Financials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Global Financials include Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Foresight Solar (FSFL), IP Group (IPO), Foresight Group (FSG), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), Canadian General Investments (CGI), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), and Brunner (BUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (LON:CORD) and Polar Capital Global Financials (LON:PCFT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure had 4 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Global Financials. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cordiant Digital Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Polar Capital Global Financials. Polar Capital Global Financials' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's score of -0.27 indicating that Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Polar Capital Global Financials pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure pays out 3,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polar Capital Global Financials pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has a net margin of 112.90% compared to Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's net margin of 0.00%. Polar Capital Global Financials' return on equity of 9.56% beat Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's return on equity.
65.0% of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Polar Capital Global Financials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Polar Capital Global Financials received 108 more outperform votes than Cordiant Digital Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital Global Financials. Polar Capital Global Financials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Global Financials has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure beats Polar Capital Global Financials on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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