Conduit (CRE) Competitors

Conduit (LON:CRE) and Plus500 (LON:PLUS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CRE or PLUS?

Plus500 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conduit. Conduit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plus500, 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
Conduit	£883.47M	0.71	£267.22M	£106.03	2.93
Plus500	£856.04M	3.64	£312.07M	£270.24	12.51

Is CRE or PLUS more profitable?

Plus500 has a net margin of 36.45% compared to Conduit's net margin of 30.25%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.06% beat Conduit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conduit	30.25%	20.65%	8.83%
Plus500	36.45%	39.06%	26.75%

Do analysts recommend CRE or PLUS?

Conduit presently has a consensus target price of GBX 500, indicating a potential upside of 60.77%. Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 2,782, indicating a potential downside of 17.74%. Given Conduit's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than Plus500.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conduit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Plus500	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRE or PLUS?

67.4% of Conduit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Conduit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Plus500 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CRE or PLUS?

In the previous week, Conduit had 7 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Conduit and 0 mentions for Plus500. Conduit's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Plus500's score of 0.00 indicating that Conduit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Conduit	Neutral
Plus500	Neutral

Is CRE or PLUS a better dividend stock?

Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Conduit pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, CRE or PLUS?

Conduit has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Conduit and Plus500 tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.