Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors GBX 780 -10.00 (-1.27%) As of 07/4/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock POLN vs. SSON, MRC, JAM, BHMG, RAT, FEV, MYI, PNL, WWH, and ATTShould you be buying Pollen Street Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pollen Street Group include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), Personal Assets (PNL), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), and Allianz Technology Trust (ATT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Pollen Street Group vs. Its Competitors Smithson Investment Trust The Mercantile Investment Trust JPMorgan American BH Macro GBP Rathbones Group Fidelity European Trust Murray International Personal Assets Worldwide Healthcare Allianz Technology Trust Pollen Street Group (LON:POLN) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk. Do institutionals & insiders believe in POLN or SSON? 30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is POLN or SSON more profitable? Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to Pollen Street Group's net margin of 70.52%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 7.94% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Pollen Street Group70.52% 7.94% 5.32% Smithson Investment Trust 317.04%-2.13%N/A Do analysts prefer POLN or SSON? Pollen Street Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 900, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than Smithson Investment Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Pollen Street Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Smithson Investment Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the media refer more to POLN or SSON? In the previous week, Smithson Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Pollen Street Group. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Pollen Street Group Neutral Smithson Investment Trust Positive Which has higher earnings and valuation, POLN or SSON? Pollen Street Group has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPollen Street Group£63.61M7.56£44.86M£72.0310.83Smithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-144.72-£42.74M-£33.47-45.59 SummaryPollen Street Group beats Smithson Investment Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Pollen Street Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for POLN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding POLN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart POLN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPollen Street GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£480.71M£1.25B£6.37B£2.96BDividend Yield3.45%4.36%4.17%5.02%P/E Ratio10.8321.8113.47147.88Price / Sales7.562,406.261,784.55258,917.23Price / CashN/A60.8148.8327.97Price / Book0.851.211.404.61Net Income£44.86M£264.68M£1.24B£5.90B7 Day Performance-1.76%0.37%0.56%1.04%1 Month Performance0.26%2.71%3.26%5.12%1 Year Performance6.56%6.53%15.53%80.81% Pollen Street Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)POLNPollen Street GroupN/AGBX 780-1.3%GBX 900+15.4%+7.6%£480.71M£63.61M10.8384SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,482-0.3%N/A+9.9%£1.89B-£13.48M-44.27N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsMRCThe Mercantile Investment TrustN/AGBX 252.90-0.4%N/A+5.9%£1.88B£415.73M4.752,800JAMJPMorgan AmericanN/AGBX 1,010+0.8%N/A+4.0%£1.83B£431.16M4.38N/ABHMGBH Macro GBPN/AGBX 387.50-1.3%N/A+7.9%£1.79B£35.67M41.85N/ARATRathbones Group1.6452 of 5 starsGBX 1,718-1.4%GBX 2,087+21.5%-0.2%£1.79B£874.75M27.963,500News CoverageGap DownFEVFidelity European TrustN/AGBX 398.50flatN/A+2.9%£1.64B£221.98M7.90N/AMYIMurray InternationalN/AGBX 274+0.4%N/A+9.6%£1.63B£198.15M9.11N/ANews CoverageDividend AnnouncementPNLPersonal AssetsN/AGBX 509-0.2%N/A+5.3%£1.62B£107.31M12.97N/APositive NewsWWHWorldwide HealthcareN/AGBX 299.75+0.9%N/A-15.0%£1.59B£245.62M6.98N/AATTAllianz Technology TrustN/AGBX 418.50+1.6%N/A+7.7%£1.59B£511.77M3.16N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Smithson Investment Trust Alternatives The Mercantile Investment Trust Alternatives JPMorgan American Alternatives BH Macro GBP Alternatives Rathbones Group Alternatives Fidelity European Trust Alternatives Murray International Alternatives Personal Assets Alternatives Worldwide Healthcare Alternatives Allianz Technology Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:POLN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA new rule goes live in July — and the banks are quietly cashing inA little-known regulation quietly goes into effect this July. 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