Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

Pollen Street Group (LON:POLN) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is POLN or AJB a better dividend stock?

Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pollen Street Group pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pollen Street Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate POLN or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus target price of GBX 501, indicating a potential downside of 2.24%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Pollen Street Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is POLN or AJB more profitable?

Pollen Street Group has a net margin of 70.52% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Pollen Street Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pollen Street Group	70.52%	7.94%	5.32%
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, POLN or AJB?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than Pollen Street Group. Pollen Street Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
Pollen Street Group	£102.09M	5.26	£44.86M	£0.79	1,131.98
AJ Bell	£291.42M	7.13	£81.11M	£0.22	2,373.78

Which has more volatility and risk, POLN or AJB?

Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer POLN or AJB?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 2 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AJ Bell and 1 mentions for Pollen Street Group. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pollen Street Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AJ Bell	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of POLN or AJB?

50.4% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of AJ Bell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AJ Bell beats Pollen Street Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.