Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JTC or POLN?

61.0% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Pollen Street Group shares are held 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.

Does the media prefer JTC or POLN?

In the previous week, JTC had 2 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JTC and 1 mentions for Pollen Street Group. Pollen Street Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat JTC's score of 0.38 indicating that Pollen Street Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JTC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pollen Street Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, JTC or POLN?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JTC or POLN a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JTC pays out -107.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pollen Street Group pays out 61.0% 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.

Is JTC or POLN more profitable?

Pollen Street Group has a net margin of 70.52% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 7.94% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
Pollen Street Group	70.52%	7.94%	5.32%

Do analysts recommend JTC or POLN?

JTC currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,208.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.32%. Pollen Street Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,050, suggesting a potential upside of 16.41%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than JTC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JTC or POLN?

Pollen Street Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JTC. JTC 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
JTC	£330.89M	6.68	£29.99M	-£0.12	-11,274.59
Pollen Street Group	£114.26M	4.75	£44.86M	£0.88	1,026.17

Summary

Pollen Street Group beats JTC on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.