Conduit (CRE) Competitors

Direct Line Insurance Group (LON:DLG) and Conduit (LON:CRE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, DLG or CRE?

Direct Line Insurance Group has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% 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 institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DLG or CRE?

103.4% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Conduit shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Direct Line Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Conduit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to DLG or CRE?

In the previous week, Conduit had 1 more articles in the media than Direct Line Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Conduit and 2 mentions for Direct Line Insurance Group. Direct Line Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Conduit's score of -0.34 indicating that Direct Line Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Direct Line Insurance Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Conduit	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DLG or CRE?

Direct Line Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 217.25, suggesting a potential downside of 17.73%. Conduit has a consensus target price of GBX 698.33, suggesting a potential upside of 82.09%. Given Conduit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Conduit is more favorable than Direct Line Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Direct Line Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Conduit	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DLG or CRE more profitable?

Conduit has a net margin of 30.25% compared to Direct Line Insurance Group's net margin of 8.18%. Conduit's return on equity of 20.65% beat Direct Line Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Direct Line Insurance Group	8.18%	12.96%	0.85%
Conduit	30.25%	20.65%	8.83%

Is DLG or CRE a better dividend stock?

Direct Line Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Conduit pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Direct Line Insurance Group pays out 31.7% 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. Conduit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DLG or CRE?

Conduit has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Direct Line Insurance Group. Conduit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Direct Line Insurance Group, 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
Direct Line Insurance Group	£3.00B	1.14	£245.33M	£18.93	13.95
Conduit	£883.47M	0.87	£267.22M	£106.03	3.62

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLG or CRE?

Direct Line Insurance Group received 472 more outperform votes than Conduit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.31% of users gave Conduit an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave Direct Line Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Direct Line Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 729 63.67%	Underperform Votes 416 36.33%
Conduit	Outperform Votes 257 80.31%	Underperform Votes 63 19.69%

Summary

Conduit beats Direct Line Insurance Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.