Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Is JTC or POLN a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. JTC pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, JTC or POLN?

Pollen Street Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JTC. Pollen Street Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, 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	£283.06M	5.79	£29.12M	£0.18	5,611.11
Pollen Street Group	£108.82M	3.89	£46.52M	£0.70	974.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JTC or POLN?

JTC received 62 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 73.40% of users gave JTC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JTC	Outperform Votes 69 73.40%	Underperform Votes 25 26.60%
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JTC or POLN?

74.1% of JTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, JTC or POLN?

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

Is JTC or POLN more profitable?

Pollen Street Group has a net margin of 42.75% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 7.99% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	6.00%	4.96%
Pollen Street Group	42.75%	7.99%	5.32%

Do analysts recommend JTC or POLN?

JTC currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,250, indicating a potential upside of 23.76%. Pollen Street Group has a consensus target price of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 32.70%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to JTC or POLN?

In the previous week, JTC had 1 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JTC and 2 mentions for Pollen Street Group. Pollen Street Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat JTC's score of 0.34 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pollen Street Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pollen Street Group beats JTC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.