CBG vs. TBCG, BOCH, MTRO, ARBB, STB, BIRG, CBKD, MFX, NBS, and PTSB
Should you be buying Close Brothers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Close Brothers Group include TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Metro Bank (MTRO), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), and Permanent TSB Group (PTSB). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) and TBC Bank Group (LON:TBCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
75.2% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of TBC Bank 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.
Close Brothers Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 583.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.32%. Given Close Brothers Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than TBC Bank Group.
TBC Bank Group has a net margin of 51.01% compared to Close Brothers Group's net margin of 15.30%. TBC Bank Group's return on equity of 25.99% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Close Brothers Group had 4 more articles in the media than TBC Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Close Brothers Group and 0 mentions for TBC Bank Group. Close Brothers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat TBC Bank Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Close Brothers Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TBC Bank Group has higher revenue and earnings than Close Brothers Group. TBC Bank Group 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 170 more outperform votes than TBC Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.08% of users gave TBC Bank Group an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote.
Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TBC Bank Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Close Brothers Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. TBC Bank Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Close Brothers Group pays out 7,157.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TBC Bank Group pays out 3,564.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
TBC Bank Group beats Close Brothers Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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