Polar Capital (POLR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend POLR or JTC?

Polar Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 570, suggesting a potential upside of 43.40%. JTC has a consensus target price of GBX 1,400, suggesting a potential upside of 64.13%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than Polar Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in POLR or JTC?

Polar Capital received 256 more outperform votes than JTC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.96% of users gave JTC an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%
JTC	Outperform Votes 71 73.96%	Underperform Votes 25 26.04%

Does the media prefer POLR or JTC?

In the previous week, JTC had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JTC and 2 mentions for Polar Capital. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat JTC's score of 0.15 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JTC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, POLR or JTC?

Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JTC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of POLR or JTC?

51.1% of Polar Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of JTC shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of JTC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is POLR or JTC a better dividend stock?

Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is POLR or JTC more profitable?

Polar Capital has a net margin of 19.65% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polar Capital	19.65%	32.10%	14.85%
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, POLR or JTC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Polar Capital	£208.88M	1.82	£41.05M	£42.90	9.27
JTC	£291.42M	4.92	£29.99M	£17.83	47.84

Summary

Polar Capital and JTC tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.