CBG vs. BOCH, NBS, PTSB, MTRO, ARBB, STB, CBKD, MFX, LLOY, and NWG
Should you be buying Close Brothers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Close Brothers Group include Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Metro Bank (MTRO), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Close Brothers Group vs.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) and Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public currently has a consensus price target of GBX 595, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Close Brothers Group has a consensus price target of GBX 628.33, indicating a potential upside of 88.24%. Given Close Brothers Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a net margin of 50.17% compared to Close Brothers Group's net margin of 7.79%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's return on equity of 22.13% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Close Brothers Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Close Brothers Group and 1 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Close Brothers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's score of 0.00 indicating that Close Brothers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Close Brothers Group. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Close Brothers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
34.1% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.6% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Close Brothers Group received 354 more outperform votes than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.27% of users gave Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share. Close Brothers Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.4%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays out 15,000.0% 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 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Close Brothers Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CBG) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
