POLR vs. MRC, BHMG, RAT, FEV, MYI, ATT, N91, PNL, WWH, and WTAN
Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Ninety One Group (N91), Personal Assets (PNL), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), and Witan Investment Trust (WTAN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital vs. Its Competitors
Polar Capital (LON:POLR) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.
Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Polar Capital had 5 more articles in the media than The Mercantile Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Polar Capital's score of 0.17 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital. The Mercantile 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.
Polar Capital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 530, indicating a potential upside of 10.30%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.
Summary
Polar Capital beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 10 of the 18 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 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
