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Polar Capital (POLR) Competitors

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GBX 418.50 -2.00 (-0.48%)
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POLR vs. WTAN, BRW, JTC, ATT, WWH, SNN, BHMU, N91, PIN, and FGT

Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), JTC (JTC), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Sanne Group (SNN), BH Macro USD (BHMU), Ninety One Group (N91), Pantheon International (PIN), and Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Polar Capital vs.

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

In the previous week, Polar Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Witan Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for Witan Investment Trust. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Witan Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Witan Investment Trust Neutral
Polar Capital Positive

8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% 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.

Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 570, suggesting a potential upside of 35.55%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Witan Investment Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Witan Investment Trust
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

Polar Capital received 233 more outperform votes than Witan Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Witan Investment TrustOutperform Votes
94
67.63%
Underperform Votes
45
32.37%
Polar CapitalOutperform Votes
327
65.53%
Underperform Votes
172
34.47%

Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Witan Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Witan Investment Trust89.43% 13.68% 7.95%
Polar Capital 19.65%32.10%14.85%

Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital. Witan Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Witan Investment Trust£246.38M0.00£220.34M£0.36N/A
Polar Capital£208.88M1.92£41.05M£42.909.80

Summary

Polar Capital beats Witan Investment Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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POLR vs. The Competition

MetricPolar CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£401.93M£1.19B£11.47B£2.62B
Dividend Yield9.20%4.41%5.45%5.05%
P/E Ratio9.8021.9322.42129.34
Price / Sales1.922,357.1927.62221,585.85
Price / Cash2.6860.4617.6228.03
Price / Book3.291.152.773.79
Net Income£41.05M£263.32M£1.03B£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.09%0.12%-0.23%0.62%
1 Month Performance13.65%18.09%6.11%22.12%
1 Year Performance-25.18%2.19%536.61%120.95%

Polar Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POLR
Polar Capital
3.46 of 5 stars
GBX 418.50
-0.5%
GBX 570
+36.2%
-25.2%£400.01M£208.88M9.76135News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
WTAN
Witan Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.58B£246.38M738.896
BRW
Brewin Dolphin
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.56B£415.46M3,029.412,186
JTC
JTC
2.6518 of 5 stars
GBX 917
+0.5%
GBX 1,400
+52.7%
-6.2%£1.54B£291.42M51.431,603
ATT
Allianz Technology Trust
N/AGBX 403
+0.4%
N/A+8.7%£1.53B£511.77M3.04N/APositive News
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 283.11
-0.1%
N/A-18.6%£1.51B£245.62M6.59N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
SNN
Sanne Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.50B£194.16M-204.6720,100
BHMU
BH Macro USD
N/AGBX 4.02
-1.0%
N/A+9.0%£1.50B£2.88B34.54N/A
N91
Ninety One Group
1.2228 of 5 stars
GBX 158.90
-0.4%
GBX 173
+8.9%
-10.9%£1.41B£586.81M9.151,180Gap Up
PIN
Pantheon International
N/AGBX 299
+1.0%
N/A-8.2%£1.38B£72.76M44.77455
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 919.12
+0.4%
N/A+8.6%£1.37B£101.41M15.10N/APositive News

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This page (LON:POLR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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