Pollen Street Group (POLN) Competitors

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

Is ATR or POLN a better dividend stock?

Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Pollen Street Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment pays out 4,074.1% 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 8,524.6% 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 more volatility and risk, ATR or POLN?

Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollen Street Group has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ATR or POLN?

Pollen Street Group has higher revenue and earnings than Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment. Pollen Street Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment, 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
Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment	£34.78M	12.53	£29.20M	£0.27	1,669.91
Pollen Street Group	£103.16M	4.32	£40.41M	£0.61	1,144.13

Does the media refer more to ATR or POLN?

In the previous week, Pollen Street Group had 2 more articles in the media than Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pollen Street Group and 1 mentions for Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment. Pollen Street Group's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment's score of 0.20 indicating that Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Pollen Street Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATR or POLN?

Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment received 81 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 67.19% of users gave Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment	Outperform Votes 86 67.19%	Underperform Votes 42 32.81%
Pollen Street Group	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is ATR or POLN more profitable?

Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment has a net margin of 83.95% compared to Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment's net margin of 39.17%. Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment's return on equity of 6.95% beat Pollen Street Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment	83.95%	6.49%	3.86%
Pollen Street Group	39.17%	6.95%	4.70%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ATR or POLN?

54.4% of Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.3% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.9% of Pollen Street Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ATR or POLN?

Pollen Street Group has a consensus price target of GBX 990, indicating a potential upside of 41.85%. Given Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pollen Street Group is more favorable than Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pollen Street Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Pollen Street Group beats Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.