Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT) Competitors

GBX 3,062.32
+17.32 (+0.57%)
(As of 06:05 AM ET)

PCT vs. ATST, UKW, HL, 3IN, EMG, RCP, ABDN, JGGI, STJ, and TRIG

Should you be buying Polar Capital Technology Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Capital Technology Trust include Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), St. James's Place (STJ), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Polar Capital Technology Trust vs.

Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Polar Capital Technology Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Alliance Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. 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 news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital Technology Trust Positive
Alliance Trust Very Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Polar Capital Technology Trust£540M6.84£508.93M£4.01763.78
Alliance Trust£649.98M5.48£599.67M£2.09599.97

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Polar Capital Technology TrustOutperform Votes
83
64.34%
Underperform Votes
46
35.66%
Alliance TrustOutperform Votes
110
73.33%
Underperform Votes
40
26.67%

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Polar Capital Technology Trust94.25% 17.53% 10.78%
Alliance Trust 92.26%19.25%11.79%

42.9% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PCT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCT vs. The Competition

MetricPolar Capital Technology TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.69B£729.94M£2.99B£1.44B
Dividend YieldN/A13.28%4.63%11.84%
P/E Ratio763.78896.36464.381,678.72
Price / Sales6.8413,447.712,538.85309,974.26
Price / Cash7.6378.5348.0132.84
Price / Book1.221.752.242.71
Net Income£508.93M£48.49M£380.72M£174.61M
7 Day Performance2.43%0.67%1.17%1.11%
1 Month Performance8.23%4.34%3.92%4.93%
1 Year Performance45.50%5.63%17.16%10.38%

Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATST
Alliance Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,254
flat
N/A+24.7%£3.56B£649.98M600.003Positive News
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
0 of 5 stars
GBX 144.33
+0.5%
N/A-8.6%£3.33B£548.27M343.65N/A
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.591 of 5 stars
GBX 877
+1.9%
GBX 921.20
+5.0%
+12.4%£4.16B£753.30M1,271.012,277High Trading Volume
3IN
3i Infrastructure
0 of 5 stars
GBX 337.61
+1.2%
N/A+6.2%£3.11B£344M912.46N/A
EMG
Man Group
0.7443 of 5 stars
GBX 255.60
+0.4%
GBX 309
+20.9%
+17.6%£2.96B£1.17B1,704.001,790
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,934.46
+0.2%
N/A-1.5%£2.85B£-163,600,000.00-1,315.9662Positive News
High Trading Volume
ABDN
abrdn
0 of 5 stars
GBX 156.95
+0.2%
N/A-27.8%£2.79B£1.47B-777.254,719
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
0 of 5 stars
GBX 563.97
+0.2%
N/A+19.9%£2.69B£345.48M648.25N/APositive News
STJ
St. James's Place
3.7496 of 5 stars
GBX 484.80
-2.4%
GBX 646.75
+33.4%
-58.3%£2.66B£19.01B-24,240.002,298Gap Up
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
3.4199 of 5 stars
GBX 103.49
+0.1%
GBX 135
+30.4%
-16.8%£2.58B£-24,200,000.00470.42N/APositive News

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This page (LON:PCT) was last updated on 5/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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