CRE vs. UKW, 3IN, EMG, IGG, DLG, VMUK, ABDN, STJ, RCP, and JGGI
Should you be buying Conduit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conduit include Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Man Group (EMG), IG Group (IGG), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), abrdn (ABDN), St. James's Place (STJ), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), and JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Conduit (LON:CRE) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Conduit has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Greencoat UK Wind has a net margin of 53.84% compared to Conduit's net margin of 32.12%. Conduit's return on equity of 20.58% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
Conduit received 73 more outperform votes than Greencoat UK Wind when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.13% of users gave Conduit an outperform vote while only 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote.
Conduit has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conduit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Conduit and Conduit both had 1 articles in the media. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Conduit's score of 0.00 indicating that Greencoat UK Wind is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Conduit presently has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 32.08%. Given Conduit's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Conduit is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Conduit pays out 3,118.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
72.4% of Conduit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Conduit shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Conduit beats Greencoat UK Wind on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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