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 474.79 +8.79 (+1.89 %) (As of 06/4/2020 08:04 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 460Now: GBX 474.79▼ 49050-Day Range 382MA: GBX 408.97▼ 43752-Week Range 282Now: GBX 474.79▼ 628Volume109,261 shsAverage Volume36,972 shsMarket Capitalization£466.80 millionP/E Ratio9.24Dividend Yield7.95%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™ 2.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingPolar Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 575, Polar Capital has a potential upside of 21.1% from its current price of GBX 474.79.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 314 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesPolar Capital has received 339 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentPolar Capital has received 51.91% “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 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipPolar Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.95%, 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 64.20 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Polar Capital insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £104,750 in company stock and sold GBX 0 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 4,650 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Polar Capital is 9.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.28.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Polar Capital is 9.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.78.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPolar Capital has a P/B Ratio of 4.23. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.3Community Rank: 2.4Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.28 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 RatioN/A Current Ratio3.66 Quick Ratio3.66Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio9.24 Forward P/E Ratio0.10 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£176.14 million Price / Sales2.65 Cash FlowGBX 144.89 per share Price / Cash Flow3.28 Book ValueGBX 112.30 per share Price / Book4.23Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees135 Outstanding Shares98,317,600Market Cap£466.80 million Next Earnings Date6/22/2020 (Estimated) 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 Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, POLR stock has increased by 8.9% and is now trading at GBX 474.79. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Polar Capital? 4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Polar Capital in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Polar Capital. When is Polar Capital's next earnings date? Polar Capital is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, June 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast 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, November 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of GBX 8 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Polar Capital's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for POLR? 4 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Polar Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 370 to GBX 710. On average, they anticipate Polar Capital's share price to reach GBX 575 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Polar Capital. Has Polar Capital been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about POLR stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Polar Capital earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutPolar Capital. Who are some of Polar Capital's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Polar Capital include Aware (ATCO), MFF Capital Investments (MFF), Syncona (SYNC), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), IOOF (IFL), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Perpetual (PPT), City of London Investment Trust (CTY), WAM Capital (WAM), Murray International Trust (MYI), SCHRODERS/PAR NVTG FPD 1 (SDRC), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR) and Investec (INVP). 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 474.79. How big of a company is Polar Capital? Polar Capital has a market capitalization of £466.80 million and generates £176.14 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. This page was last updated on 6/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
