Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POLN or PNL?

Personal Assets received 101 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 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%

Does the media prefer POLN or PNL?

In the previous week, Personal Assets had 2 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Personal Assets and 1 mentions for Pollen Street Group. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Personal Assets 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Personal Assets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is POLN or PNL a better dividend stock?

Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pollen Street Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Personal Assets pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend POLN or PNL?

Pollen Street Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 905, suggesting a potential upside of 27.11%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than Personal Assets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Personal Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, POLN or PNL?

Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Personal Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is POLN or PNL more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 66.46% compared to Pollen Street Group's net margin of 42.75%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 7.99% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pollen Street Group	42.75%	7.99%	5.32%
Personal Assets	66.46%	2.49%	1.96%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, POLN or PNL?

Pollen Street Group has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Assets. Pollen Street Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, 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	£108.82M	4.06	£46.52M	£0.70	1,017.14
Personal Assets	£66.59M	24.29	£44.26M	£0.12	4,141.67

Summary

Pollen Street Group beats Personal Assets on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.