Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Is AJB or POLN a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pollen Street Group pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AJB or POLN?

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
AJ Bell	£244.77M	7.25	£81.11M	£19.55	21.99
Pollen Street Group	£63.61M	7.21	£44.86M	£72.03	10.33

Is AJB or POLN 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
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
Pollen Street Group	70.52%	7.94%	5.32%

Do analysts rate AJB or POLN?

AJ Bell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 5.81%. Pollen Street Group has a consensus price target of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 21.64%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than AJ Bell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AJB or POLN?

AJ Bell received 32 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 42.86% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 39 42.86%	Underperform Votes 52 57.14%
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AJB or POLN?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AJB or POLN?

In the previous week, AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Positive
Pollen Street Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AJB or POLN?

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

Summary

AJ Bell beats Pollen Street Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.