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Conduit (CRE) Competitors

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GBX 291 +9.00 (+3.19%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

CRE vs. EMG, SSON, BOCH, PAG, N91, FEV, PNL, WTAN, FCSS, and PIN

Should you be buying Conduit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conduit include Man Group (EMG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Ninety One Group (N91), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), and Pantheon International (PIN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Conduit vs. Its Competitors

Conduit (LON:CRE) and Man Group (LON:EMG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Conduit has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Man Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Conduit has a net margin of 30.25% compared to Man Group's net margin of 22.58%. Conduit's return on equity of 20.65% beat Man Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Conduit30.25% 20.65% 8.83%
Man Group 22.58%19.64%4.61%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Conduit£816.80M0.56£267.22M£0.083,637.50
Man Group£1.31B1.34£382.68M£0.16993.63

In the previous week, Man Group had 3 more articles in the media than Conduit. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Man Group and 0 mentions for Conduit. Man Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Conduit's score of 0.00 indicating that Man Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Conduit Neutral
Man Group Neutral

Conduit presently has a consensus price target of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 71.82%. Man Group has a consensus price target of GBX 220.80, suggesting a potential upside of 41.54%. Given Conduit's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Conduit is more favorable than Man Group.

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
Man Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Conduit pays out 456.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Man Group pays out 109.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

82.3% of Conduit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Man Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Conduit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Man Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Man Group beats Conduit on 11 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£455.37M£35.72B£6.37B£2.58B
Dividend Yield9.51%5.17%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio3,637.50616.931,776.555,410.94
Price / Sales0.5628.421,344.7696,691.90
Price / Cash6.595.94127.4727.93
Price / Book0.441.342.067.77
Net Income£267.22M£3.01B£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.82%3.70%7.05%6.51%
1 Month Performance-3.96%-0.93%7.49%55.94%
1 Year Performance-46.24%38.83%30.86%147.85%

Conduit Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRE
Conduit
2.0491 of 5 stars
GBX 291
+3.2%
GBX 500
+71.8%
-45.4%£455.37M£816.80M3,637.5059
EMG
Man Group
3.0405 of 5 stars
GBX 154.60
-1.8%
GBX 220.80
+42.8%
-25.8%£1.74B£1.31B984.711,790News Coverage
Insider Trade
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,508.22
+0.5%
N/A+6.4%£1.68B£89.31M2,637.21N/APositive News
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.5563 of 5 stars
GBX 864.50
-0.3%
GBX 991.50
+14.7%
+19.1%£1.66B£517.10M895.8526,500News Coverage
Dividend Increase
N91
Ninety One Group
0.9375 of 5 stars
GBX 191.80
-0.4%
GBX 190
-0.9%
+21.0%£1.65B£700M1,115.121,180Gap Down
FEV
Fidelity European Trust
N/AGBX 406.75
+0.3%
N/A+6.8%£1.65B£18.78M15,465.78N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
PNL
Personal Assets
N/AGBX 522.75
+0.3%
N/A+6.0%£1.63B£123.08M1,512.71N/ANews Coverage
WTAN
Witan Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.58B£246.38M738.896News Coverage
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 311.50
+0.5%
N/A+85.9%£1.52B£339.93M472.47N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
PIN
Pantheon International
N/AGBX 334.18
+0.5%
N/A+7.4%£1.48B£4.38M-23,046.97455News Coverage

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This page (LON:CRE) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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