POLR vs. SSON, N91, FEV, PNL, WTAN, BRW, FCSS, SNN, PIN, and WWH
Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Ninety One Group (N91), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital vs. Its Competitors
Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smithson Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Polar Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Smithson Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.5% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Polar Capital shares are held 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.
Smithson Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 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%. Smithson Investment Trust pays out 1.0% 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.
Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 555, suggesting a potential upside of 21.98%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Smithson Investment Trust.
Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Polar Capital beats Smithson Investment Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:POLR) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
