LON:POLRPolar Capital Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Polar Capital Holdings plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 485 -2.00 (-0.41 %) (As of 07/9/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 472Now: GBX 485▼ 49550-Day Range 390MA: GBX 462.74▼ 52052-Week Range 282Now: GBX 485▼ 614.92Volume52,638 shsAverage Volume36,972 shsMarket Capitalization£477.47 millionP/E Ratio11.74Dividend Yield6.78%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesHeadlines 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. Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingPolar Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 660, Polar Capital has a potential upside of 36.1% from its current price of GBX 485.Amount of Analyst CoveragePolar Capital has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.4 Community Rank Outperform VotesPolar Capital has received 318 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesPolar Capital has received 340 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentPolar Capital has received 51.67% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Polar Capital and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe POLR will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe POLR will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipPolar Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.78%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthPolar Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Polar Capital is 79.90%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Polar Capital insiders have sold 1,991.08% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £127,344.35 in company stock and sold £2,662,873 in company stock. Previous Next 1.3 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Polar Capital are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 4,669.18 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Polar Capital is 11.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.75.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Polar Capital is 11.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.18.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPolar Capital has a P/B Ratio of 3.85. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.5Community Rank: 2.4Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.76 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Asset Management Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolLON:POLR Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.polarcapital.co.uk Phone+44-20-72272700Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio4.84 Current Ratio3.23 Quick Ratio3.16Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio11.74 Forward P/E Ratio0.10 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£154.27 million Price / Sales3.09 Cash FlowGBX 155.56 per share Price / Cash Flow3.12 Book ValueGBX 126 per share Price / Book3.85Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees135 Outstanding Shares98,448,000Market Cap£477.47 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable LSE:POLR Rates by TradingView Receive POLR News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for POLR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Polar Capital (LON:POLR) Frequently Asked Questions How has Polar Capital's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Polar Capital's stock was trading at GBX 436 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, POLR shares have increased by 11.2% and is now trading at GBX 485. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Polar Capital? 3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Polar Capital in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Polar Capital. How often does Polar Capital pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Polar Capital? Polar Capital declared a dividend on Monday, June 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 25 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 4.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 2nd. This is a boost from Polar Capital's previous dividend of GBX 8. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Polar Capital's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for POLR? 3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Polar Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 600 to GBX 710. On average, they anticipate Polar Capital's stock price to reach GBX 660 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Polar Capital. Has Polar Capital been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about POLR stock have been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Polar Capital earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Polar Capital. Who are some of Polar Capital's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Polar Capital include Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT), Syncona (SYNC), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), MFF Capital Investments (MFF), Aware (ATCO), IOOF (IFL), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Perpetual (PPT), City of London Investment Trust (CTY), WAM Capital (WAM), Sprott (SII) and SCHRODERS/PAR NVTG FPD 1 (SDRC). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Polar Capital own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Polar Capital investors own include Anglo American (AAL), Hastings Group (HSTG), Renishaw (RSW), Spirent Communications (SPT), Rotork (ROR), Hiscox (HSX), Anglo American (NGLOY), Rio Tinto (RIO), Diamondcorp (DCP) and Discoverie Group (DSCV). Who are Polar Capital's key executives? Polar Capital's management team includes the following people: Mr. Gavin Mark Rochussen BCom, CA (SA), BAcc, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 60, Pay $965k)Mr. Brian Jonathan David Ashford-Russell, Founder & Non-Exec. Director (Age 61, Pay $57k)Mr. John Bradbury Mansell, Exec. Director (Age 61, Pay $785k)Samir Ayub, Group Fin. DirectorNick Farren, Chief Operating Officer What is Polar Capital's stock symbol? Polar Capital trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "POLR." How do I buy shares of Polar Capital? Shares of POLR and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Polar Capital's stock price today? One share of POLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 485. How big of a company is Polar Capital? Polar Capital has a market capitalization of £477.47 million and generates £154.27 million in revenue each year. Polar Capital employs 135 workers across the globe. What is Polar Capital's official website? The official website for Polar Capital is www.polarcapital.co.uk. How can I contact Polar Capital? Polar Capital's mailing address is 16 Palace Street, LONDON, SW1E 5JD, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-72272700. 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