Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, POLN or JAM?

Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POLN or JAM?

JPMorgan American received 88 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 65.07% of users gave JPMorgan American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
JPMorgan American	Outperform Votes 95 65.07%	Underperform Votes 51 34.93%

Does the media favor POLN or JAM?

In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 2 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan American and 0 mentions for Pollen Street Group. JPMorgan American's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pollen Street Group	Neutral
JPMorgan American	Very Positive

Is POLN or JAM a better dividend stock?

Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. JPMorgan American pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer POLN or JAM?

Pollen Street Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 905, suggesting a potential upside of 30.40%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than JPMorgan American.

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
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is POLN or JAM more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to Pollen Street Group's net margin of 70.52%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat Pollen Street Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pollen Street Group	70.52%	7.94%	5.32%
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, POLN or JAM?

JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than Pollen Street Group. JPMorgan American 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
Pollen Street Group	£63.61M	6.72	£44.86M	£72.03	9.63
JPMorgan American	£431.16M	3.91	£420.73M	£230.77	4.03

Summary

JPMorgan American beats Pollen Street Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.