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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Polar Capital beats Caledonia Investments on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:POLR) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff