Conduit (CRE) Competitors GBX 298.28 -0.72 (-0.24%) As of 11:58 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock CRE vs. HGT, INPP, JUST, QLT, AJB, TCAP, TEM, OSB, JAM, and RATShould 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 International Public Partnerships Just Group Quilter AJ Bell TP ICAP Group Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust OSB Group JPMorgan American Rathbones Group 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. Is HGT or CRE a better dividend stock? 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. Is HGT or CRE more profitable? 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% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HGT or CRE? 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 RatioHgCapital Trust£312.64M7.45£284.58M£60.498.30Conduit£883.47M0.68£267.22M£106.032.81 Does the media prefer HGT or CRE? 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 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HGT or CRE? 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. Which has more risk & volatility, HGT or CRE? 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. Do analysts rate HGT or CRE? 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) 0.00Conduit 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 SummaryConduit beats HgCapital Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Conduit News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CRE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CRE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricConduitInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£599.69M£36.80B£6.48B£3.18BDividend Yield7.20%4.59%4.16%5.04%P/E Ratio2.8111.3914.32166.92Price / Sales0.6834.491,769.41448,413.15Price / Cash6.595.94127.5127.93Price / Book0.451.385.286.35Net Income£267.22M£3.01B£1.23B£5.89B7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CREConduit3.3836 of 5 starsGBX 298.28-0.2%GBX 500+67.6%-43.9%£599.69M£883.47M2.8159High Trading VolumeHGTHgCapital TrustN/AGBX 500-0.6%N/A-5.3%£2.32B£312.64M8.27N/APositive NewsINPPInternational Public PartnershipsN/AGBX 121-1.3%N/A-6.2%£2.27B£82.63M52.20N/ANews CoverageJUSTJust Group1.2845 of 5 starsGBX 211.50+0.2%GBX 199.80-5.5%+46.3%£2.21B£2.66B24.611,181QLTQuilter1.0273 of 5 starsGBX 165.40-0.2%GBX 179.40+8.5%+15.8%£2.20B£6.38B44.472,983Gap DownAJBAJ Bell1.6669 of 5 starsGBX 519-0.1%GBX 501-3.5%+16.4%£2.14B£244.77M26.541,373Positive NewsDividend IncreaseGap DownTCAPTP ICAP Group3.3197 of 5 starsGBX 282.71-0.8%GBX 374+32.3%+18.2%£2.13B£2.16B21.955,208TEMTempleton Emerging Markets Investment TrustN/AGBX 200.07-0.5%N/A+23.8%£2.09B£160.96M16.04N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsOSBOSB Group2.865 of 5 starsGBX 552-0.7%GBX 635+15.0%+42.8%£2.04B£1.36B5.502,459News CoverageAnalyst ForecastJAMJPMorgan AmericanN/AGBX 1,077.06+0.7%N/A+10.3%£1.95B£431.16M4.67N/APositive NewsRATRathbones Group1.5961 of 5 starsGBX 1,876-0.6%GBX 2,095.67+11.7%-1.0%£1.95B£874.75M30.533,500Gap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HgCapital Trust Competitors International Public Partnerships Competitors Just Group Competitors Quilter Competitors AJ Bell Competitors TP ICAP Group Competitors Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust Competitors OSB Group Competitors JPMorgan American Competitors Rathbones Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:CRE) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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