POLR vs. MRC, QLT, CLDN, HVPE, AJB, TEM, JAM, JTC, PNL, and RAT
Should you be buying Polar Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Quilter (QLT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), AJ Bell (AJB), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), JPMorgan American (JAM), JTC (JTC), Personal Assets (PNL), and Rathbones Group (RAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 76.99% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 20.68%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 29.27% beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity.
Polar Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 542.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Given Polar Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital has a beta of 1.14, indicating 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 The Mercantile Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Polar Capital and 0 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Polar Capital's score of 0.25 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 8,000.0% 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 10,952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
50.0% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of Polar Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Polar Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Polar Capital received 250 more outperform votes than The Mercantile Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polar Capital. Polar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Mercantile Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Polar Capital beats The Mercantile Investment Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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