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Polar Capital (POLR) Competitors

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GBX 556 -6.00 (-1.07%)
As of 10/14/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

POLR vs. CLDN, RAT, JAM, BUR, ATT, TRIG, MYI, N91, MRC, and SSON

Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Rathbones Group (RAT), JPMorgan American (JAM), Burford Capital (BUR), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Murray International (MYI), Ninety One Group (N91), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), and Smithson Investment Trust (SSON). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Polar Capital vs. Its Competitors

Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 630, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Caledonia Investments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Caledonia Investments
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)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caledonia Investments86.28% 6.98% 4.23%
Polar Capital 19.65%32.10%14.85%

Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% 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.

In the previous week, Polar Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Polar Capital and 3 mentions for Caledonia Investments. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Caledonia Investments' score of 0.81 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Investments
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Polar Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Caledonia Investments pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polar Capital pays out 127.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

7.3% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Polar Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Polar Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Caledonia Investments£104.10M19.07£199.92M£0.123,124.48
Polar Capital£222.11M2.40£41.05M£0.361,540.17

Summary

Polar Capital beats Caledonia Investments on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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POLR vs. The Competition

MetricPolar CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£533.03M£1.44B£12.56B£2.59B
Dividend Yield8.19%4.60%5.59%5.32%
P/E Ratio1,540.173,091.5030.014,390.70
Price / Sales2.401,965.1429.89101,116.95
Price / Cash2.6860.4622.4927.90
Price / Book4.351.372.318.01
Net Income£41.05M£264.59M£1.02B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.58%-0.55%-0.05%-0.16%
1 Month Performance20.35%0.24%-0.26%1.67%
1 Year Performance7.75%8.57%536.77%145.97%

Polar Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POLR
Polar Capital
2.8034 of 5 stars
GBX 556
-1.1%
GBX 630
+13.3%
+7.5%£533.03M£222.11M1,540.17135
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
N/AGBX 382
-0.3%
N/A-88.7%£2.00B£104.10M3,149.2274
RAT
Rathbones Group
2.0126 of 5 stars
GBX 1,856
-0.9%
GBX 2,095.67
+12.9%
+3.3%£1.95B£897.60M3,140.443,500
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,106
+0.4%
N/A+7.0%£1.92B£84.18M2,502.83N/ANews Coverage
BUR
Burford Capital
2.9785 of 5 stars
GBX 866
+0.4%
GBX 1,600
+84.8%
-18.4%£1.89B£410.92M15.49140Positive News
Gap Up
ATT
Allianz Technology Trust
N/AGBX 510.50
+0.3%
N/A+31.1%£1.88B£143.63M1,363.51N/APositive News
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
2.226 of 5 stars
GBX 75.90
-0.4%
GBX 100
+31.8%
-22.4%£1.82B-£210.60M-862.50N/A
MYI
Murray International
N/AGBX 305
+0.3%
N/A+18.2%£1.80B£144.64M1,354.95N/ADividend Announcement
N91
Ninety One Group
0.5014 of 5 stars
GBX 209.20
+1.0%
GBX 190
-9.2%
+16.5%£1.80B£700M1,216.281,180News Coverage
Gap Up
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 250.50
flat
N/A+7.3%£1.78B£244.11M800.322,800
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,554
+0.5%
N/A+5.7%£1.71B£89.31M2,717.26N/APositive News

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This page (LON:POLR) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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