Conduit (CRE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PLUS or CRE?

Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% 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 insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PLUS or CRE?

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

Is PLUS or CRE a better dividend stock?

Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Plus500 pays out 24.4% 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 PLUS or CRE 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
Plus500	36.45%	39.06%	26.75%
Conduit	30.25%	20.65%	8.83%

Does the media prefer PLUS or CRE?

In the previous week, Conduit had 1 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Conduit and 1 mentions for Plus500. Plus500's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Conduit's score of 0.55 indicating that Plus500 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plus500	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Conduit	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PLUS or CRE?

Plus500 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,782, indicating a potential downside of 15.03%. Conduit has a consensus target price of GBX 698.33, indicating a potential upside of 85.48%. Given Conduit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than Plus500.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plus500	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Conduit	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PLUS or CRE?

Plus500 has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Plus500	£856.04M	3.53	£312.07M	£270.24	12.12
Conduit	£883.47M	0.86	£267.22M	£106.03	3.55

Summary

Plus500 and Conduit tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.