Record (REC) Competitors

Record (LON:REC) and Polar Capital (LON:POLR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is REC or POLR a better dividend stock?

Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Record pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in REC or POLR?

18.4% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Polar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 66.6% of Record shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Polar Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is REC or POLR more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to Polar Capital's net margin of 19.65%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat Polar Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Record	430.56%	680.45%	25.14%
Polar Capital	19.65%	32.10%	14.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REC or POLR?

Polar Capital received 145 more outperform votes than Record when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Polar Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Record	Outperform Votes 182 76.15%	Underperform Votes 57 23.85%
Polar Capital	Outperform Votes 327 65.53%	Underperform Votes 172 34.47%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, REC or POLR?

Record has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polar Capital. Record is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Record	£46.40M	2.25	£199.77M	£101.59	0.52
Polar Capital	£208.88M	1.99	£41.05M	£42.90	10.13

Does the media prefer REC or POLR?

In the previous week, Record had 53 more articles in the media than Polar Capital. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Record and 1 mentions for Polar Capital. Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Record's score of -0.07 indicating that Polar Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Record	4 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	27 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Polar Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate REC or POLR?

Polar Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 570, suggesting a potential upside of 31.19%. Given Polar Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Record.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Record	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Polar Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, REC or POLR?

Record has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more 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.

Summary

Record beats Polar Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.