Close Brothers Group (CBG) Competitors

Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) and Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CBG or BOCH?

75.3% of Close Brothers Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Close Brothers Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CBG or BOCH?

Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CBG or BOCH?

Close Brothers Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 550, suggesting a potential upside of 52.95%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a consensus target price of GBX 595, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Close Brothers Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Close Brothers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer CBG or BOCH?

In the previous week, Close Brothers Group had 10 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Close Brothers Group and 0 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Close Brothers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's score of 0.00 indicating that Close Brothers Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Close Brothers Group	Neutral
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, CBG or BOCH?

Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Close Brothers Group. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Close Brothers 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
Close Brothers Group	£1.30B	0.42	£101.11M	£66.37	5.42
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public	£1.07B	0.00	£537.31M	£0.14	N/A

Is CBG or BOCH more profitable?

Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a net margin of 50.17% compared to Close Brothers Group's net margin of 7.79%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's return on equity of 22.13% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Close Brothers Group	7.79%	5.78%	0.73%
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public	50.17%	22.13%	2.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CBG or BOCH?

Close Brothers Group received 357 more outperform votes than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.27% of users gave Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Close Brothers Group	Outperform Votes 447 60.16%	Underperform Votes 296 39.84%
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public	Outperform Votes 90 76.27%	Underperform Votes 28 23.73%

Is CBG or BOCH a better dividend stock?

Close Brothers Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share. Close Brothers Group pays out 102.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays out 15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Close Brothers Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Close Brothers Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.