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Conduit (CRE) Competitors

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GBX 376.50 +0.50 (+0.13%)
As of 07/4/2025

CRE vs. PLUS, PHLL, VMUK, JGGI, RCP, TBCG, BPT, EMG, MNKS, and HICL

Should you be buying Conduit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conduit include Plus500 (PLUS), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Man Group (EMG), Monks (MNKS), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Conduit vs. Its 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.

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.

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.

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.

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
Plus50036.45% 39.06% 26.75%
Conduit 30.25%20.65%8.83%

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plus500£856.04M3.53£312.07M£270.2412.12
Conduit£883.47M0.86£267.22M£106.033.55

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CRE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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CRE vs. The Competition

MetricConduitInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£756.95M£37.58B£6.15B£2.96B
Dividend Yield7.20%4.59%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio3.5511.7213.23147.88
Price / Sales0.8643.411,781.00258,917.23
Price / Cash6.595.9449.7227.97
Price / Book0.571.461.914.61
Net Income£267.22M£3.01B£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.46%1.32%0.56%1.04%
1 Month Performance-3.37%-3.73%2.99%4.36%
1 Year Performance-23.71%34.99%15.69%82.36%

Conduit Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRE
Conduit
4.1178 of 5 stars
GBX 376.50
+0.1%
GBX 698.33
+85.5%
-23.7%£756.95M£883.47M3.5559
PLUS
Plus500
1.4308 of 5 stars
GBX 3,372
-0.7%
GBX 2,782
-17.5%
+41.5%£3.11B£856.04M12.481,580News Coverage
PHLL
Petershill Partners
1.8388 of 5 stars
GBX 217.50
+0.9%
GBX 240
+10.3%
+10.4%£2.95B£706.00M8.82N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
VMUK
Virgin Money UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 535
+1.3%
N/A-5.5%£2.76B£660.56M4.41N/ANews Coverage
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,886
+0.1%
N/A+3.2%£2.72B£103.46M16.3062News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 4,440
+2.3%
N/A+73.9%£2.52B£2.74B2.0210,267News Coverage
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.8548 of 5 stars
GBX 301.80
+7.4%
GBX 359.33
+19.1%
+35.3%£2.49B£272.35M54.83391News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EMG
Man Group
2.2969 of 5 stars
GBX 172.52
+2.0%
GBX 278
+61.1%
-30.4%£2.49B£1.69B8.141,790News Coverage
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,272
+2.4%
N/A+10.3%£2.45B£610.03M4.13N/ATrending News
Earnings Report
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 121
+1.3%
N/A-6.8%£2.41B£105.30M23.74N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:CRE) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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