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

Company Overview

Close Brothers Group plc is a United Kingdom-based specialist financial services company. Founded in 1878, the group provides banking, asset management and securities services primarily to businesses, individuals and professional investors in the UK.

Through Close Brothers Banking, the company offers relationship-based lending and deposit services, including finance for small and medium-sized enterprises, property-related lending, asset finance and motor finance. Its approach is focused on serving niche markets and customers who may require tailored financial solutions.

Close Brothers Asset Management provides financial planning, investment management and wealth management services to private clients, families, businesses and trustees. Winterflood, the group’s securities division, acts as a market maker and provides execution and liquidity services to investment firms and other market participants.

The group’s operations are primarily concentrated in the United Kingdom. Close Brothers is led by Chief Executive Officer Adrian Sainsbury, who oversees the company’s specialist banking, asset management and securities businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.19 to $10.37
• 50-Day Range: $9.62 to $11.58
• 52-Week Range: $9.04 to $14.33
• Volume: 1,007 shs
• Average Volume: 502 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 5.19
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Close Brothers Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Close Brothers Group scored higher than 18% 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Close Brothers Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Close Brothers Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports 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 5.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.13.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Close Brothers Group is 5.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.80.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Close Brothers Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.58, 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 increased by 100.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing 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: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Close Brothers Group has a news sentiment score of -1.00. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Close Brothers Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

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: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:CBGPY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.closebrothers.com
• Phone: 443333216100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.19
• 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