Premier Miton Group (PMI) Competitors

Premier Miton Group (LON:PMI) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate PMI or POLR?

Polar Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 570, indicating a potential upside of 31.19%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Premier Miton Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Premier Miton Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, PMI or POLR?

Premier Miton Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PMI or POLR?

In the previous week, Polar Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Premier Miton Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for Premier Miton Group. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Premier Miton Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Premier Miton Group	Positive
Polar Capital	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PMI or POLR?

Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Miton Group. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Miton Group, 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
Premier Miton Group	£66.80M	1.60	£2.12M	£1.42	49.75
Polar Capital	£208.88M	1.99	£41.05M	£42.90	10.13

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PMI or POLR?

65.1% of Premier Miton Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Premier Miton Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PMI or POLR?

Polar Capital received 307 more outperform votes than Premier Miton Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 95.24% of users gave Premier Miton Group an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Premier Miton Group	Outperform Votes 20 95.24%	Underperform Votes 1 4.76%
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%

Is PMI or POLR a better dividend stock?

Premier Miton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Premier Miton Group pays out 422.9% 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 pays out 107.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PMI or POLR more profitable?

Polar Capital has a net margin of 19.65% compared to Premier Miton Group's net margin of 3.18%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Premier Miton Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Premier Miton Group	3.18%	1.75%	0.86%
Polar Capital	19.65%	32.10%	14.85%

Summary

Polar Capital beats Premier Miton Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.