CBG vs. TBCG, BOCH, MTRO, ARBB, BIRG, STB, CBKD, MFX, NBS, and PTSB
Should you be buying Close Brothers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Close Brothers Group include TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), 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), and Permanent TSB Group (PTSB). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Close Brothers Group vs.
Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) and TBC Bank Group (LON:TBCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
TBC Bank Group has a net margin of 50.55% compared to Close Brothers Group's net margin of 10.83%. TBC Bank Group's return on equity of 25.88% beat Close Brothers Group's return on equity.
Close Brothers Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.9%. TBC Bank Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 200 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Close Brothers Group pays out 11,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TBC Bank Group pays out 3,289.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
75.3% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Close Brothers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Close Brothers Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 556.60, suggesting a potential upside of 78.94%. Given Close Brothers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Close Brothers Group is more favorable than TBC Bank Group.
In the previous week, Close Brothers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TBC Bank Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Close Brothers Group received 177 more outperform votes than TBC Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.08% of users gave TBC Bank Group an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Close Brothers Group an outperform vote.
TBC Bank Group has higher revenue and earnings than Close Brothers Group. Close Brothers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TBC Bank Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Close Brothers Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TBC Bank Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TBC Bank Group beats Close Brothers Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CBG) was last updated on 2/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
