Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

Utilico Emerging Markets (LON:UEM) and Pollen Street Group (LON:POLN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the media refer more to UEM or POLN?

In the previous week, Pollen Street Group had 1 more articles in the media than Utilico Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pollen Street Group and 0 mentions for Utilico Emerging Markets. Pollen Street Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Utilico Emerging Markets' score of -0.34 indicating that Utilico Emerging Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Utilico Emerging Markets	Neutral
Pollen Street Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, UEM or POLN?

Utilico Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UEM or POLN?

Utilico Emerging Markets received 119 more outperform votes than Pollen Street Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Pollen Street Group an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Utilico Emerging Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Utilico Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 124 65.26%	Underperform Votes 66 34.74%
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is UEM or POLN more profitable?

Utilico Emerging Markets has a net margin of 83.36% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets' net margin of 39.17%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 10.10% beat Utilico Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utilico Emerging Markets	83.36%	10.10%	6.36%
Pollen Street Group	39.17%	6.95%	4.70%

Do analysts prefer UEM or POLN?

Pollen Street Group has a consensus price target of GBX 990, indicating a potential upside of 42.96%. Given Utilico Emerging Markets' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than Utilico Emerging Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Utilico Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UEM or POLN?

Utilico Emerging Markets has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pollen Street Group. Utilico Emerging Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pollen Street Group, 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
Utilico Emerging Markets	£61.72M	7.12	£51.45M	£0.25	924.00
Pollen Street Group	£103.16M	4.27	£40.41M	£0.61	1,135.25

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UEM or POLN?

54.2% of Utilico Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.4% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Utilico Emerging Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.7% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is UEM or POLN a better dividend stock?

Utilico Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Utilico Emerging Markets pays out 3,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pollen Street Group pays out 8,524.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Utilico Emerging Markets beats Pollen Street Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.