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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Polar Capital beats Witan Investment Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:POLR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff