Conduit (CRE) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CRE or PLUS?

67.4% of Conduit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Conduit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Plus500 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CRE or PLUS?

Conduit currently has a consensus target price of GBX 698.33, suggesting a potential upside of 89.76%. Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 2,782, suggesting a potential downside of 14.19%. Given Conduit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than Plus500.

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

Is CRE or PLUS 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
Conduit	30.25%	20.65%	8.83%
Plus500	36.45%	39.06%	26.75%

Which has more risk and volatility, CRE or PLUS?

Conduit has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRE or PLUS a better dividend stock?

Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Conduit pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 pays out 24.4% 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.

Does the media prefer CRE or PLUS?

In the previous week, Conduit had 3 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Conduit and 0 mentions for Plus500. Conduit's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Plus500's score of 0.00 indicating that Conduit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Conduit	Positive
Plus500	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRE or PLUS?

Plus500 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Conduit	£883.47M	0.84	£267.22M	£106.03	3.47
Plus500	£856.04M	3.49	£312.07M	£270.24	12.00

Summary

Conduit beats Plus500 on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.