Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Is CLDN or POLN more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to Pollen Street Group's net margin of 42.75%. Pollen Street Group's return on equity of 7.99% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	7.07%	4.23%
Pollen Street Group	42.75%	7.99%	5.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLDN or POLN?

Caledonia Investments received 135 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 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caledonia Investments	Outperform Votes 142 60.94%	Underperform Votes 91 39.06%
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has better earnings & valuation, CLDN or POLN?

Caledonia Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Pollen Street Group. Caledonia Investments 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
Caledonia Investments	£236.20M	8.51	£203.80M	£3.69	1,013.55
Pollen Street Group	£108.82M	4.55	£46.52M	£0.70	1,140.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CLDN or POLN?

11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CLDN or POLN a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Caledonia Investments pays out 1,897.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do analysts recommend CLDN or POLN?

Pollen Street Group has a consensus price target of GBX 905, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than Caledonia Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caledonia Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
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 favor CLDN or POLN?

In the previous week, Caledonia Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Caledonia Investments and 0 mentions for Pollen Street Group. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Investments	Neutral
Pollen Street Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CLDN or POLN?

Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Caledonia Investments and Pollen Street Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.