Stock Research: Close Brothers

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Close Brothers

LSE:CBG GB0007668071
19
  • Value
    60
  • Growth
    1
  • Safety
    Safety
    12
  • Combined
    4
  • Sentiment
    69
  • 360° View
    360° View
    19
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Company Description

Close Brothers Group plc is a merchant banking company providing lending, deposit taking, and securities trading. It operates in the commercial, retail, property, asset management, and securities industries. The company operates in the United Kingdom. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $790 million. The number of employees was 3965. Profit and revenue data were not available.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 19 (better than 19% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Close Brothers are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Close Brothers. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 60, which means that the share price of Close Brothers is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 60% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 69, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 69% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 1, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 12, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 88 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
60 85 73 61
Growth
1 55 51 13
Safety
Safety
12 1 1 13
Sentiment
69 1 9 75
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360° View
19 15 10 19
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
33 41 27 22
Opinions Change
50 61 6 64
Pro Holdings
n/a 1 13 67
Market Pulse
66 1 82 80
Sentiment
69 1 9 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
60 85 73 61
Growth
1 55 51 13
Safety Safety
12 1 1 13
Combined
4 37 26 5
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
95 100 82 65
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
45 97 39 59
Price vs. Book (P/B)
97 97 64 32
Dividend Yield
5 1 81 67
Value
60 85 73 61
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
12 50 90 60
Profit Growth
6 88 74 6
Capital Growth
1 78 43 81
Stock Returns
27 5 1 7
Growth
1 55 51 13
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
42 12 22 18
Refinancing
9 18 19 44
Liquidity
34 9 1 49
Safety Safety
12 1 1 13

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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