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Close Brothers Group DB:CS3 Stock Report

Last Price

€2.74

Market Cap

€421.3m

7D

-13.3%

1Y

-69.6%

Updated

18 Dec, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

CS3 Stock Overview

A merchant banking company, engages in the provision of financial services to small businesses and individuals in the United Kingdom. More details

CS3 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation5/6
Future Growth1/6
Past Performance2/6
Financial Health4/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Close Brothers Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£2.74
52 Week HighUK£9.38
52 Week LowUK£2.14
Beta0.96
1 Month Change7.03%
3 Month Change-56.16%
1 Year Change-69.57%
3 Year Change-82.77%
5 Year Change-85.29%
Change since IPO-86.30%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

CS3DE BanksDE Market
7D-13.3%0.2%-1.4%
1Y-69.6%21.4%8.0%

Return vs Industry: CS3 underperformed the German Banks industry which returned 20.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CS3 underperformed the German Market which returned 8.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CS3's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CS3 volatility
CS3 Average Weekly Movement14.0%
Banks Industry Average Movement3.0%
Market Average Movement4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market11.9%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market2.5%

Stable Share Price: CS3's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: CS3's weekly volatility (14%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
18784,031Adrian Sainsburywww.closebrothers.com

Close Brothers Group plc, a merchant banking company, engages in the provision of financial services to small businesses and individuals in the United Kingdom. It operates through five segments: Commercial, Retail, Property, Asset Management, and Securities. The company offers banking services comprises debt factoring, invoice discounting, asset-based lending; financing for SMEs, residential housing, transport, industrial equipment, renewable energy, motorcycle, used car, and commercial vehicle financing; insurance, refurbishment, and bridging financing, savings products for individuals and corporates, hire purchase, lease, and loan related services.

Close Brothers Group plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Close Brothers Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CS3 fundamental statistics
Market cap€421.25m
Earnings (TTM)€108.37m
Revenue (TTM)€1.12b

3.9x

P/E Ratio

0.2x

P/B Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CS3 income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£926.80m
Cost of RevenueUK£0
Gross ProfitUK£926.80m
Other ExpensesUK£837.50m
EarningsUK£89.30m

Last Reported Earnings

Jul 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.60
Gross Margin100.00%
Net Profit Margin9.64%
Debt/Equity Ratio134.9%

How did CS3 perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 07:08
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/07/31
Annual Earnings2024/07/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Close Brothers Group plc is covered by 24 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Sarah SpikesArden Partners Plc.
Toni DangBarclays
Peter RichardsonBerenberg