Conduit (CRE) Competitors

Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Conduit (LON:CRE) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Is BUR or CRE more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Conduit's net margin of 30.25%. Conduit's return on equity of 20.65% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%
Conduit	30.25%	20.65%	8.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BUR or CRE?

Burford Capital received 126 more outperform votes than Conduit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.37% of users gave Conduit an outperform vote while only 74.71% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 384 74.71%	Underperform Votes 130 25.29%
Conduit	Outperform Votes 258 80.37%	Underperform Votes 63 19.63%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BUR or CRE?

62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Conduit shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Conduit shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BUR or CRE?

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conduit has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BUR or CRE?

Burford Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 55.19%. Conduit has a consensus price target of GBX 698.33, indicating a potential upside of 102.71%. Given Conduit's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than Burford Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Conduit	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BUR or CRE?

Conduit has higher revenue and earnings than Burford Capital. Conduit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, 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
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.47	£193.30M	£55.90	18.44
Conduit	£883.47M	0.78	£267.22M	£106.03	3.25

Is BUR or CRE a better dividend stock?

Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Conduit pays out 26.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to BUR or CRE?

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Conduit. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for Conduit. Conduit's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.35 indicating that Conduit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital	Neutral
Conduit	Positive

Summary

Conduit beats Burford Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.