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Conduit (CRE) Competitors

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GBX 298.28 -0.72 (-0.24%)
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CRE vs. HGT, INPP, JUST, QLT, AJB, TCAP, TEM, OSB, JAM, and RAT

Should you be buying Conduit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conduit include HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Just Group (JUST), Quilter (QLT), AJ Bell (AJB), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), OSB Group (OSB), JPMorgan American (JAM), and Rathbones Group (RAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Conduit vs. Its Competitors

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

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% 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.

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 91.03% compared to Conduit's net margin of 30.25%. Conduit's return on equity of 20.65% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust91.03% 11.93% 6.88%
Conduit 30.25%20.65%8.83%

HgCapital Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Conduit. Conduit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HgCapital Trust£312.64M7.45£284.58M£60.498.30
Conduit£883.47M0.68£267.22M£106.032.81

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Conduit. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Conduit. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Conduit's score of -0.23 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust Very Positive
Conduit Neutral

41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Conduit shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Conduit shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conduit has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Conduit has a consensus target price of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 67.63%. Given Conduit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than HgCapital Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HgCapital Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Conduit
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Conduit beats HgCapital Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRE vs. The Competition

MetricConduitInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£599.69M£36.80B£6.48B£3.18B
Dividend Yield7.20%4.59%4.16%5.04%
P/E Ratio2.8111.3914.32166.92
Price / Sales0.6834.491,769.41448,413.15
Price / Cash6.595.94127.5127.93
Price / Book0.451.385.286.35
Net Income£267.22M£3.01B£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.84%4.53%0.83%0.76%
1 Month Performance-22.73%-2.20%2.28%49.50%
1 Year Performance-43.93%38.34%24.62%141.61%

Conduit Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRE
Conduit
3.3836 of 5 stars
GBX 298.28
-0.2%
GBX 500
+67.6%
-43.9%£599.69M£883.47M2.8159High Trading Volume
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 500
-0.6%
N/A-5.3%£2.32B£312.64M8.27N/APositive News
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 121
-1.3%
N/A-6.2%£2.27B£82.63M52.20N/ANews Coverage
JUST
Just Group
1.2845 of 5 stars
GBX 211.50
+0.2%
GBX 199.80
-5.5%
+46.3%£2.21B£2.66B24.611,181
QLT
Quilter
1.0273 of 5 stars
GBX 165.40
-0.2%
GBX 179.40
+8.5%
+15.8%£2.20B£6.38B44.472,983Gap Down
AJB
AJ Bell
1.6669 of 5 stars
GBX 519
-0.1%
GBX 501
-3.5%
+16.4%£2.14B£244.77M26.541,373Positive News
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
TCAP
TP ICAP Group
3.3197 of 5 stars
GBX 282.71
-0.8%
GBX 374
+32.3%
+18.2%£2.13B£2.16B21.955,208
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 200.07
-0.5%
N/A+23.8%£2.09B£160.96M16.04N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
OSB
OSB Group
2.865 of 5 stars
GBX 552
-0.7%
GBX 635
+15.0%
+42.8%£2.04B£1.36B5.502,459News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,077.06
+0.7%
N/A+10.3%£1.95B£431.16M4.67N/APositive News
RAT
Rathbones Group
1.5961 of 5 stars
GBX 1,876
-0.6%
GBX 2,095.67
+11.7%
-1.0%£1.95B£874.75M30.533,500Gap Up

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This page (LON:CRE) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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