Close Brothers Group (CBG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Close Brothers Group plc, a merchant banking company, engages in the provision of financial services to small businesses and individuals in the United Kingdom. It operates through five segments: Commercial, Retail, Property, Asset Management, and Securities. The company offers banking services comprising of debt factoring, invoice discounting, asset-based lending; financing for SMEs, residential housing, transport, industrial equipment, renewable energy, motorcycle, used car, and commercial vehicle financing; insurance, refurbishment, and bridging financing, savings products for individuals and corporates, hire purchase, lease, and loan related services. In addition, it provides asset management services, such as investment management solutions; financial planning, custody, and tax services. Further, the company offers investment advisory and broking and trading related services, as well as provides funding services for general aviation aircraft, and various leisure and commercial marine vessels; and brewery rentals. Additionally, it provides leasing services for commercial vehicles, machine tools, contractor plant, printing equipment, car fleets, aircraft and marine vessels, and energy project. Furthermore, the company offers financing services to the professional service sector, including dental, accounting, opticians, legal, funeral, veterinary, medical, and pharmaceutical sectors. It provides self-directed services that help investors to manage their portfolio online; and services for financial advisers; and liquidity and flexible execution services to retail stockbrokers, wealth managers, and institutional investors. The company offers market making, sales, research, and corporate broking services; and dealing, custody, and settlement services to the institutional, wealth management, and brokerage clients. Close Brothers Group plc was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 282.40 to 301
• 50-Day Range: 208 to 365
• 52-Week Range: 179.83 to 564
• Volume: 670,970 shs
• Average Volume: 2.50 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £453.12 million
• P/E Ratio: 4.53
• Dividend Yield: 22.61%
• Price Target: GBX 610
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Close Brothers Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Close Brothers Group scored higher than 76% 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: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Close Brothers Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Close Brothers Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Close Brothers Group is 4.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.60.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Close Brothers Group is 4.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 16.02.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Close Brothers Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.87. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Close Brothers Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.24. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CBG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Close Brothers Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 16.96%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

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 102.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CBG.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

Close Brothers Group has a news sentiment score of 0.63. 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 0.73 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for Close Brothers Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Close Brothers Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Close Brothers Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £14,400 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.91% of the stock of Close Brothers Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.28% of the stock of Close Brothers Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CBG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CBG shares performed this year?

Close Brothers Group's stock was trading at GBX 236.20 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CBG shares have increased by 24.5% and is now trading at GBX 293.97.
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How were Close Brothers Group's earnings last quarter?

Close Brothers Group plc (LON:CBG) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 18th. The company reported $30.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Close Brothers Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.78% and a net margin of 7.79%.

How do I buy shares of Close Brothers Group?

Shares of CBG stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Close Brothers Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Close Brothers Group investors own include The Sage Group (SGE), Hologic (HOLX), BHP Group (BHP), Herc (HRI), EZCORP (EZPW), Imperial Brands (IMB) and (MBBYF) (MBBYF).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/18/2025
• Today: 3/25/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Regional
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CBG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.closebrothers.com
• Phone: +44-20-76553100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 610
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 620
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 600
• Potential Upside/Downside: +107.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 66.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.45
• P/E Growth: 1.87
• Net Income: £101.11 million
• Net Margins: 7.79%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 5.78%
• Return on Assets: 0.73%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 127.86
• Current Ratio: 3.45
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.30 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.34
• Cash Flow: GBX 322.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.91
• Book Value: GBX 1,231.62 per share
• Price / Book: 0.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 150,662,022
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £442.89 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.82