Polar Capital (POLR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Polar Capital Holdings plc is a publicly owned specialist, investment-led, active fund manager. The firm provides its services to professional and institutional investors. It launches and manages equity and balanced mutual funds. The firm also launches and manages hedge funds for its clients. Polar Capital Holdings plc was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 841 to 867
• 50-Day Range: 771 to 971
• 52-Week Range: 435 to 990
• Volume: 185,782 shs
• Average Volume: 643,008 shs
• Market Capitalization: £804.07 million
• P/E Ratio: 14.41
• Dividend Yield: 5.41%
• Price Target: GBX 995
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Polar Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Polar Capital scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Polar Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 995, representing about 16.7% upside from its current price of GBX 852.89.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Polar Capital has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Polar Capital is 14.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Polar Capital is 14.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Polar Capital has a PEG Ratio of 0.79. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Polar Capital has a P/B Ratio of 6.67. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for POLR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Polar Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.41%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Polar Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Polar Capital is 77.70%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Polar Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.88 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Polar Capital this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for POLR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Polar Capital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Polar Capital insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,095,655.68 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.26% of the stock of Polar Capital is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

32.04% of the stock of Polar Capital is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/01/2026
• Today: 8/23/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:POLR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.polarcapital.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-72272700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 135
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Polar Capital: GBX 995
• High Price Target: GBX 1,260
• Low Price Target: GBX 625
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 59.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.41
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.07
• P/E Growth: 0.79
• Net Income: £41.05 million
• Net Margins: 21.43%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 42.37%
• Return on Assets: 14.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.69
• Current Ratio: 2.53
• Quick Ratio: 2.45

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £264.30 million
• Price / Sales: 3.04
• Cash Flow: GBX 317.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.68
• Book Value: GBX 127.92 per share
• Price / Book: 6.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 94,276,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £804.07 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.91