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 (LON:DGN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Polar Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Dragon. Asia Dragon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.3% of Polar Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Asia Dragon shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Polar Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Asia Dragon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Polar Capital received 327 more outperform votes than Asia Dragon when rated by MarketBeat users.
Polar Capital has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Dragon has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Polar Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Asia Dragon 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 pays out -786.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Polar Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Asia Dragon'saverage media sentiment score.
Polar Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 515, suggesting a potential downside of 4.81%. Given Polar Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Polar Capital is more favorable than Asia Dragon.
Polar Capital has a net margin of 19.01% compared to Asia Dragon's net margin of 0.00%. Polar Capital's return on equity of 25.84% beat Asia Dragon's return on equity.
Summary
Polar Capital beats Asia Dragon on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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