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Close Brothers Group (CBG) Competitors

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GBX 405.40 +11.60 (+2.95%)
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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

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

Close Brothers Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. 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.

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

In the previous week, Close Brothers Group had 4 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Close Brothers Group and 0 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Close Brothers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.15 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

Close Brothers Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 505, indicating a potential upside of 24.57%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a consensus target price of GBX 595, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Close Brothers Group's higher probable upside, equities 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 Group7.79% 5.78% 0.73%
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public 50.17%22.13%2.11%

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Close Brothers Group£1.30B0.47£101.11M£66.376.11
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public£1.07B0.00£537.31M£0.14N/A

Summary

Close Brothers Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 10 of the 17 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£610.78M£18.16B£6.13B£3.01B
Dividend Yield16.96%4.30%4.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.119.0012.99149.15
Price / Sales0.4747.861,757.66254,247.77
Price / Cash0.9114.25127.8827.97
Price / Book0.330.661.924.57
Net Income£101.11M£16.75B£1.22B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.76%1.18%1.12%7.46%
1 Month Performance12.61%4.70%3.46%11.33%
1 Year Performance-16.55%25.08%16.24%81.12%

Close Brothers Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CBG
Close Brothers Group
2.5515 of 5 stars
GBX 405.40
+2.9%
GBX 505
+24.6%
-17.5%£610.78M£1.30B6.114,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
N/AN/AGBX 595
+∞
N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading Volume
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 131.15
+0.8%
N/A+0.8%£1.40B£1.07T0.9318,099Positive News
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2
flat
N/A+57.3%£1.17B£104.62B11.083,330Gap Up
MTRO
Metro Bank
1.1018 of 5 stars
GBX 131.40
-0.6%
N/A+264.2%£898.44M£752.96M-36.734,286Analyst Forecast
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 970
+2.1%
N/A-1.8%£157.01M£239.83M5.13799News Coverage
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.784 of 5 stars
GBX 812.05
-0.2%
GBX 1,420
+74.9%
+12.2%£154.65M£361.02M6.01879Positive News
High Trading Volume
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 1.68
flat
N/A+7.9%£49.39M£91.36B6.467,917News Coverage
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 22.13
-3.8%
N/A+16.4%£26.49M£61.86M4.46177Positive News
Gap Down
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A6,995.00
-1.2%
N/A+65.1%GEL309.03BGEL3.09B1.3512,078
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.5511 of 5 stars
GBX 76.64
-0.1%
GBX 64.25
-16.2%
+30.6%£46.47B£28.75B9.6959,400

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