POLR vs. RAT, FEV, MYI, N91, PNL, WWH, ATT, WTAN, BRW, 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), Murray International (MYI), Ninety One Group (N91), Personal Assets (PNL), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), and Sanne Group (SNN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Polar Capital vs. Its Competitors
Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Rathbones Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,087, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. Polar Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Polar Capital.
Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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 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. Polar Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 4 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rathbones Group and 2 mentions for Polar Capital. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Polar Capital's score of 0.30 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats Polar Capital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:POLR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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