Close Brothers Group plc (LON:CBG - Get Free Report) insider Fiona McCarthy purchased 33 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 453 per share, for a total transaction of £149.49.
Fiona McCarthy also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, January 5th, Fiona McCarthy acquired 28 shares of Close Brothers Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 522 per share, with a total value of £146.16.
Close Brothers Group Trading Down 1.8%
CBG stock opened at GBX 436.59 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £657.24 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.53, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.18. Close Brothers Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 246.80 and a 12 month high of GBX 563.50. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 503.39 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 476.29.
Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, December 11th. The company reported GBX 59.30 earnings per share for the quarter. Close Brothers Group had a negative net margin of 8.70% and a negative return on equity of 5.83%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Close Brothers Group plc will post 66.0070671 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on CBG shares. Royal Bank Of Canada raised Close Brothers Group to an "outperform" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from GBX 475 to GBX 625 in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Peel Hunt reaffirmed an "add" rating and issued a GBX 300 target price on shares of Close Brothers Group in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on Close Brothers Group from GBX 550 to GBX 570 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Shore Capital Group reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 510 price target on shares of Close Brothers Group in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Close Brothers Group presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 502.50.
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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 comprising of 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.
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