POLR vs. DGN, RSE, BSIF, SOI, JII, SWEF, EAT, OCI, and SLPE
Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include Asia Dragon Trust (DGN), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (SOI), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF), European Assets Trust (EAT), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital (LON:POLR) and Asia Dragon Trust (LON:DGN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Asia Dragon Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Polar Capital pays out 13,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Asia Dragon Trust pays out -786.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Polar Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 515, suggesting a potential downside of 2.64%. Given Polar Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Asia Dragon Trust.
Polar Capital received 327 more outperform votes than Asia Dragon Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Polar Capital has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Dragon Trust has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Asia Dragon Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Asia Dragon Trust and 0 mentions for Polar Capital. Asia Dragon Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Polar Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Asia Dragon Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polar Capital has a net margin of 19.01% compared to Asia Dragon Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 25.84% beat Asia Dragon Trust's return on equity.
54.9% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Asia Dragon Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Polar Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Asia Dragon Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Dragon Trust. Asia Dragon 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.
Summary
Polar Capital beats Asia Dragon Trust on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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