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Secure Trust Bank (STB) Competitors

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GBX 1,025 +25.00 (+2.50%)
As of 07/25/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

STB vs. CBG, ARBB, CBKD, MFX, BGEO, LLOY, NWG, AIBG, BIRG, and VMUK

Should you be buying Secure Trust Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Secure Trust Bank include Close Brothers Group (CBG), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Lion Finance Group (BGEO), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), and Virgin Money UK (VMUK). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

Secure Trust Bank vs. Its Competitors

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

Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Close Brothers Group had 1 more articles in the media than Secure Trust Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Close Brothers Group and 2 mentions for Secure Trust Bank. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Close Brothers Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Secure Trust Bank
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Close Brothers Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

73.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Close Brothers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Secure Trust Bank 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Secure Trust Bank currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,420, suggesting a potential upside of 38.54%. Close Brothers Group has a consensus price target of GBX 505, suggesting a potential upside of 17.01%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Secure Trust Bank is more favorable than Close Brothers Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Secure Trust Bank
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)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Close Brothers Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Secure Trust Bank pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Secure Trust Bank. Close Brothers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Trust Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Secure Trust Bank£361.02M0.54£26.00M£135.177.58
Close Brothers Group£1.30B0.50£101.11M£66.376.50

Close Brothers Group has a net margin of 7.79% compared to Secure Trust Bank's net margin of 7.20%. Secure Trust Bank's return on equity of 7.43% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Secure Trust Bank7.20% 7.43% 0.72%
Close Brothers Group 7.79%5.78%0.73%

Summary

Secure Trust Bank beats Close Brothers Group on 10 of the 18 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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STB vs. The Competition

MetricSecure Trust BankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£195.21M£18.71B£6.46B£3.02B
Dividend Yield5.83%4.26%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.589.2014.08160.64
Price / Sales0.5449.151,726.48278,114.34
Price / Cash0.3614.25128.7127.97
Price / Book0.550.671.964.69
Net Income£26.00M£16.75B£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.49%1.32%0.47%0.34%
1 Month Performance29.42%3.34%3.23%7.03%
1 Year Performance25.00%24.15%25.50%73.13%

Secure Trust Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.802 of 5 stars
GBX 1,025
+2.5%
GBX 1,420
+38.5%
+28.1%£195.21M£361.02M7.58879Positive News
CBG
Close Brothers Group
2.4307 of 5 stars
GBX 398.20
flat
GBX 505
+26.8%
-16.4%£599.94M£1.30B6.004,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 959
+0.4%
N/A-6.4%£155.23M£239.83M5.07799Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 1.73
-0.6%
N/A+11.5%£50.92M£91.36B6.667,917
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 23
+2.2%
N/A+38.4%£27.54M£61.86M4.64177Gap Down
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A7,120.00
-1.0%
N/A+66.0%GEL314.55BGEL3.09B1.3812,078
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.3142 of 5 stars
GBX 76.24
-0.3%
GBX 64.25
-15.7%
+30.3%£46.23B£28.75B9.6459,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NWG
NatWest Group
2.5395 of 5 stars
GBX 491.80
-0.8%
GBX 526.67
+7.1%
+53.6%£39.37B£24.36B8.8361,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 592
+2.4%
N/A+34.4%£16.54B£5.27B8.0910,551High Trading Volume
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 12.16
-0.3%
N/A+23.7%£12.20B£406.20B8.2510,845News Coverage
Gap Down
VMUK
Virgin Money UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110

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This page (LON:STB) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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