CBG vs. MTRO, ARBB, BIRG, STB, CBKD, MFX, NBS, PTSB, LLOY, and NWG
Should you be buying Close Brothers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Close Brothers Group include Metro Bank (MTRO), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Close Brothers Group vs.
Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) and Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) 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 media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
Close Brothers Group has a net margin of 10.83% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of -2.86%. Close Brothers Group's return on equity of 5.76% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.
75.3% of Close Brothers Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Close Brothers Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Metro Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metro Bank has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Close Brothers Group received 233 more outperform votes than Metro Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.97% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.
Close Brothers Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metro Bank. Close Brothers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metro Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Metro Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Close Brothers Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Metro Bank and 0 mentions for Close Brothers Group. Metro Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Close Brothers Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Metro Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Close Brothers Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 556.60, suggesting a potential upside of 139.09%. Given Close Brothers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than Metro Bank.
Summary
Close Brothers Group beats Metro Bank on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CBG) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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