ATST vs. PCT, UKW, 3IN, HL, EMG, RCP, ABDN, STJ, JGGI, and TRIG
Should you be buying Alliance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Trust include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), abrdn (ABDN), St. James's Place (STJ), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alliance Trust received 27 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital Technology Trust. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital Technology Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Alliance Trust and Alliance Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Alliance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 1.08 indicating that Alliance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 92.26%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 19.25% beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity.
6.5% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alliance Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alliance Trust beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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