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Close Brothers Group (CBG) Competitors

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CBG vs. BOCH, NBS, PTSB, MTRO, ARBB, STB, CBKD, MFX, BGEO, and LLOY

Should you be buying Close Brothers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Close Brothers Group include Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Metro Bank (MTRO), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Lion Finance Group (BGEO), and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

Close Brothers Group vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public50.17% 22.13% 2.11%
Close Brothers Group 7.79%5.78%0.73%

Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share. 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 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 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. Close Brothers Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public presently has a consensus target price of GBX 595, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Close Brothers Group has a consensus target price of GBX 550, suggesting a potential upside of 52.78%. Given Close Brothers Group's higher possible upside, 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
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Close Brothers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public and Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public both had 1 articles in the media. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Close Brothers Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Close Brothers Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public£1.07B0.00£537.31M£0.14N/A
Close Brothers Group£1.30B0.42£101.11M£66.375.42

Summary

Close Brothers Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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CBG vs. The Competition

MetricClose Brothers GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£542.38M£17.63B£6.45B£2.95B
Dividend Yield16.96%4.30%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio5.428.9413.61141.97
Price / Sales0.4246.431,790.58214,420.17
Price / Cash0.9114.2548.9127.99
Price / Book0.290.641.404.61
Net Income£101.11M£16.75B£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.48%0.70%1.07%0.60%
1 Month Performance9.42%3.12%3.39%4.46%
1 Year Performance-13.46%24.74%15.43%80.87%

Close Brothers Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CBG
Close Brothers Group
3.0078 of 5 stars
GBX 360
-4.4%
GBX 550
+52.8%
-11.0%£542.38M£1.30B5.424,000
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
N/AN/AGBX 595
+∞
N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 130.95
-0.4%
N/AN/A£1.40B£1.07T0.9318,099News Coverage
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2.04
+0.5%
N/A+58.5%£1.20B£104.62B11.303,330
MTRO
Metro Bank
N/AGBX 129.42
+1.3%
N/A+251.0%£884.93M£752.96M-36.184,286
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 974
+2.0%
N/A-3.6%£157.66M£239.83M5.15799News Coverage
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.6263 of 5 stars
GBX 752
flat
GBX 1,420
+88.8%
+1.0%£143.22M£361.02M5.56879News Coverage
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 1.58
+1.9%
N/A+11.0%£46.45M£91.36B6.087,917
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 26
+3.4%
N/A+14.6%£31.13M£61.86M5.24177Earnings Report
Gap Up
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A6,645.00
+1.6%
N/A+68.8%GEL293.57BGEL3.09B1.2812,078
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.3598 of 5 stars
GBX 76.08
+1.6%
GBX 64.25
-15.5%
+37.5%£46.13B£28.75B9.6259,400High Trading Volume

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