PCT vs. HL, ATST, EMG, 3IN, BUR, RCP, HICL, ABDN, JGGI, and IIG
Should you be buying Polar Capital Technology Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Technology Trust include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Alliance Trust (ATST), Man Group (EMG), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Burford Capital (BUR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), and Intuitive Investments Group (IIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
42.5% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown had 3 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 40.05%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 45.80% beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hargreaves Lansdown. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Lansdown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hargreaves Lansdown received 314 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hargreaves Lansdown has a consensus target price of GBX 887.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Polar Capital Technology Trust.
Summary
Hargreaves Lansdown beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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