CBG vs. MTRO, NBS, BOCH, TBCG, BGEO, VMUK, JEDT, APAX, ESCT, and CMCX
Should you be buying Close Brothers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Close Brothers Group include Metro Bank (MTRO), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (JEDT), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), and CMC Markets (CMCX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
Close Brothers Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metro Bank. Metro Bank 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.
Close Brothers Group received 225 more outperform votes than Metro Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.53% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.
Metro Bank has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.3% of Metro Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Metro Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Metro Bank and Metro Bank both had 7 articles in the media. Metro Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Close Brothers Group's score of 0.12 indicating that Close Brothers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Close Brothers Group has a consensus target price of GBX 577.80, suggesting a potential upside of 23.36%. Given Metro Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than Metro Bank.
Close Brothers Group has a net margin of 15.30% compared to Close Brothers Group's net margin of 4.79%. Metro Bank's return on equity of 8.23% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.
Summary
Close Brothers Group beats Metro Bank on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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