Conduit (CRE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CRE or PHLL?

Conduit has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CRE or PHLL?

Petershill Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conduit. Conduit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petershill Partners, 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	0.82	£267.22M	£106.03	3.40
Petershill Partners	£706.00M	3.97	£420.55M	£24.65	8.38

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRE or PHLL?

Conduit received 243 more outperform votes than Petershill Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Petershill Partners an outperform vote while only 80.37% of users gave Conduit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conduit	Outperform Votes 258 80.37%	Underperform Votes 63 19.63%
Petershill Partners	Outperform Votes 15 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CRE or PHLL?

67.4% of Conduit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Conduit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CRE or PHLL?

Conduit currently has a consensus price target of GBX 698.33, suggesting a potential upside of 93.98%. Petershill Partners has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Given Conduit's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than Petershill Partners.

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
Petershill Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CRE or PHLL a better dividend stock?

Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Conduit pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% 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. Conduit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CRE or PHLL more profitable?

Petershill Partners has a net margin of 59.57% compared to Conduit's net margin of 30.25%. Conduit's return on equity of 20.65% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conduit	30.25%	20.65%	8.83%
Petershill Partners	59.57%	7.17%	5.95%

Does the media refer more to CRE or PHLL?

In the previous week, Conduit had 2 more articles in the media than Petershill Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Conduit and 0 mentions for Petershill Partners. Conduit's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Petershill Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Conduit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Conduit	Positive
Petershill Partners	Neutral

Summary

Conduit beats Petershill Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.