Close Brothers Group (CBG) Competitors

Nationwide Building Society (LON:NBS) and Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NBS or CBG?

Close Brothers Group received 383 more outperform votes than Nationwide Building Society when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Nationwide Building Society an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nationwide Building Society	Outperform Votes 63 72.41%	Underperform Votes 24 27.59%
Close Brothers Group	Outperform Votes 446 60.11%	Underperform Votes 296 39.89%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NBS or CBG?

Nationwide Building Society has higher revenue and earnings than Close Brothers Group. Nationwide Building Society 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nationwide Building Society	£1.07T	0.00	£151.90B	£141.12	0.92
Close Brothers Group	£1.30B	0.32	£101.11M	£66.37	4.16

Which has more risk and volatility, NBS or CBG?

Nationwide Building Society has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NBS or CBG?

In the previous week, Close Brothers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Nationwide Building Society's score of 0.00 indicating that Close Brothers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nationwide Building Society	Neutral
Close Brothers Group	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NBS or CBG?

138.0% of Nationwide Building Society shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NBS or CBG more profitable?

Nationwide Building Society has a net margin of 14.17% compared to Close Brothers Group's net margin of 7.79%. Nationwide Building Society's return on equity of 7.71% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nationwide Building Society	14.17%	7.71%	0.48%
Close Brothers Group	7.79%	5.78%	0.73%

Do analysts prefer NBS or CBG?

Close Brothers Group has a consensus price target of GBX 550, suggesting a potential upside of 99.42%. Given Close Brothers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than Nationwide Building Society.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nationwide Building Society	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Close Brothers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

Close Brothers Group beats Nationwide Building Society on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.