# Close Brothers Group plc (CBG.L) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. LSE, United Kingdom. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price 415p, market value 625 millionp.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Close Brothers Group plc reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.3×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.4×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **EV / EBITDA: 7.0×**. Enterprise value is 7.0× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 113.0%** (5-yr avg 0.1%). Free cash flow equals 113.0% of the market value, above its five-year average of 0.1%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 85.9%**. Close Brothers Group plc keeps 85.9% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, the kind of margin that comes with software, brands or pricing power.
- **Operating margin: 7.3%**. 7.3% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: -11.4%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -5.1%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: 6.3%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 6.3%.
- **Return on assets: -0.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces -0.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -33.5%** (3-yr -15.2%/yr, 5-yr -1.9%/yr). Revenue fell 33.5% over the last year, against -1.9% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -211.7%**. Earnings per share fell 211.7%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: 1.9 billionp**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Close Brothers Group plc does not currently pay a dividend, but it returned 0.2% of its market value through buybacks over the last year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -9.0%** (YTD -18.2%, 3-mo -4.7%). The shares are down 9.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -25.5%** (30.2% above the low). Trading 25% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 53**. An RSI of 53 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.52** (volatility 44%). Beta of 1.52 against the FTSE All-Share: the shares move much more than the market.

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