Close Brothers Group (CBGPY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Close Brothers Group plc is a UK-based merchant banking group with origins dating back to 1878, when William Brooks Close established the firm in London. Today, the group operates as a diversified financial services provider, combining lending, deposit taking, wealth management and securities trading to serve corporate, professional and retail clients. The company’s long history has seen it evolve from a regional trading bank into a widely recognized mid-market specialist in credit and financial advisory services.

The group’s principal activities are organized into four complementary divisions. Asset Finance offers bespoke equipment and motor finance solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises, while Commercial Lending provides invoice finance, asset-based lending and term loans to businesses across the UK and Ireland. Wealth Management delivers investment management, financial planning and trustee services to private clients and family offices, and Securities comprises institutional equities trading, market making and corporate broking services. Close Brothers also operates a retail consumer finance arm, providing point-of-sale loans and savings products through partner networks.

Close Brothers maintains a footprint primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with selected continental European operations in equipment finance. The company is led by Chief Executive Officer Adrian Sainsbury, who joined the board in 2019 and took on the CEO role in April 2022. Vindi Banga serves as chairman, bringing extensive international experience to the boardroom. Under their leadership, the group continues to focus on disciplined credit risk management, client-focused product innovation and steady growth in core markets, while maintaining the capital strength and governance standards expected of a listed financial institution.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.20 to $12.20
• 50-Day Range: $9.04 to $13.28
• 52-Week Range: $8.25 to $15.03
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 391 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 6.10
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Close Brothers Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Close Brothers Group scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Close Brothers Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Close Brothers Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Close Brothers Group is 6.10, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 43.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Close Brothers Group is 6.10, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.97.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Close Brothers Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.36, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Close Brothers Group has recently decreased by 13.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Close Brothers Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Close Brothers Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Close Brothers Group is 43.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Close Brothers Group has a news sentiment score of 1.02. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.76 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Close Brothers Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Close Brothers Group has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Regional
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:CBGPY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.closebrothers.com
• Phone: 443333216100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.10
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A