Close Brothers Group plc

LSE:CBG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£508.3m

Close Brothers Group Valuation

Is CBG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CBG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£7.69
Fair Value
56.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CBG (£3.38) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£7.69)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CBG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CBG?

Key metric: As CBG is an unprofitable bank we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for CBG. This is calculated by dividing CBG's market cap by their current book value.
What is CBG's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio0.3x
BookUK£1.71b
Market CapUK£508.35m

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does CBG's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for CBG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
STB Secure Trust Bank
0.3x33.6%UK£111.0m
ARBB Arbuthnot Banking Group
0.6x5.2%UK£150.4m
TBCG TBC Bank Group
1.8x16.5%UK£2.7b
BGEO Lion Finance Group
1.4x0.2%UK£2.7b
CBG Close Brothers Group
0.3x94.6%UK£508.3m

Price-To-Book vs Peers: CBG is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.3x) compared to the peer average (1x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does CBG's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CBG 0.3xIndustry Avg. 0.9xNo. of Companies37PB00.61.21.82.43+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: CBG is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (0.3x) compared to the European Banks industry average (0.9x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CBG's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CBG PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio0.3x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CBG's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CBG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£3.38
UK£4.23
+25.1%
25.3%UK£6.00UK£2.70n/a10
Apr ’26UK£2.70
UK£4.23
+56.3%
25.3%UK£6.00UK£2.70n/a10
Mar ’26UK£3.31
UK£4.47
+35.1%
23.2%UK£6.00UK£2.50n/a9
Feb ’26UK£3.19
UK£4.48
+40.4%
23.5%UK£6.10UK£2.50n/a9
Jan ’26UK£2.36
UK£4.68
+98.3%
25.2%UK£6.20UK£2.50n/a9
Dec ’25UK£2.24
UK£4.76
+112.5%
23.8%UK£6.20UK£2.50n/a9
Nov ’25UK£2.32
UK£5.19
+123.7%
12.6%UK£6.20UK£4.35n/a9
Oct ’25UK£4.03
UK£5.27
+30.9%
10.6%UK£6.20UK£4.50n/a10
Sep ’25UK£5.44
UK£5.55
+2.0%
13.0%UK£6.75UK£4.30n/a9
Aug ’25UK£4.97
UK£5.28
+6.1%
16.5%UK£6.75UK£3.75n/a9
Jul ’25UK£4.23
UK£5.28
+24.7%
16.5%UK£6.75UK£3.75n/a9
Jun ’25UK£4.79
UK£5.28
+10.2%
16.5%UK£6.75UK£3.75n/a9
May ’25UK£4.58
UK£5.41
+18.2%
19.9%UK£7.00UK£3.75UK£3.3810
Apr ’25UK£4.18
UK£5.37
+28.3%
20.8%UK£7.00UK£3.75UK£2.709
Mar ’25UK£3.83
UK£5.44
+42.1%
24.3%UK£7.65UK£3.75UK£3.319
Feb ’25UK£5.28
UK£9.38
+77.9%
16.3%UK£12.35UK£7.65UK£3.1910
Jan ’25UK£7.94
UK£9.96
+25.5%
13.7%UK£12.35UK£7.85UK£2.3610
Dec ’24UK£7.70
UK£10.06
+30.7%
14.0%UK£12.35UK£7.85UK£2.2410
Nov ’24UK£7.77
UK£10.31
+32.8%
8.8%UK£11.54UK£8.54UK£2.3210
Oct ’24UK£8.86
UK£10.47
+18.1%
7.2%UK£11.54UK£9.40UK£4.0310
Sep ’24UK£8.22
UK£10.73
+30.5%
9.6%UK£12.35UK£9.40UK£5.4410
Aug ’24UK£9.05
UK£10.78
+19.1%
9.8%UK£12.35UK£9.40UK£4.9710
Jul ’24UK£8.82
UK£10.87
+23.3%
10.2%UK£12.50UK£9.40UK£4.2310
Jun ’24UK£9.41
UK£10.60
+12.7%
12.8%UK£12.50UK£7.90UK£4.7911
May ’24UK£9.08
UK£10.53
+16.0%
12.5%UK£12.36UK£7.90UK£4.5811
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 10 Analysts
UK£4.23
Fair Value
20.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/01 11:50
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/01 00:00
Earnings2025/01/31
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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Close Brothers Group plc is covered by 26 analysts. 9 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