POLR vs. RAT, FEV, PNL, MYI, WWH, WTAN, BRW, ATT, N91, and SNN
Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Murray International (MYI), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Ninety One Group (N91), and Sanne Group (SNN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital vs. Its Competitors
Polar Capital (LON:POLR) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rathbones Group and 1 mentions for Polar Capital. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Polar Capital's score of 1.05 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. Rathbones Group pays out 143.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polar Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rathbones Group has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Polar Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 570, indicating a potential upside of 31.19%. Rathbones Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,087, indicating a potential upside of 25.42%. Given Polar Capital's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Rathbones Group.
Polar Capital has a net margin of 19.65% compared to Rathbones Group's net margin of 7.25%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 32.10% beat Rathbones Group's return on equity.
Rathbones Group received 34 more outperform votes than Polar Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote while only 63.78% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Polar Capital and Rathbones Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 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 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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