Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Is AJB or POLN more profitable?

Pollen Street Group has a net margin of 42.75% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.20%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 49.62% beat Pollen Street Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.20%	49.62%	36.07%
Pollen Street Group	42.75%	7.99%	5.32%

Do analysts rate AJB or POLN?

AJ Bell currently has a consensus target price of GBX 487.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.73%. Pollen Street Group has a consensus target price of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 20.67%. Given Pollen Street Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than AJ Bell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, AJB or POLN?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AJB or POLN?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 1 more articles in the media than Pollen Street Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for Pollen Street Group. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Pollen Street Group's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Neutral
Pollen Street Group	Neutral

Is AJB or POLN a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. AJ Bell pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 insiders and institutionals believe in AJB or POLN?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Pollen Street Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AJB or POLN?

AJ Bell received 31 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 42.70% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 38 42.70%	Underperform Votes 51 57.30%
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AJB or POLN?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than Pollen Street Group. Pollen Street Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
AJ Bell	£244.98M	7.62	£81.33M	£0.20	2,262.50
Pollen Street Group	£108.82M	4.27	£46.52M	£0.70	1,071.43

Summary

AJ Bell beats Pollen Street Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.