Insider Buying: Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG) Insider Buys £151.70 in Stock

by · The Markets Daily

Close Brothers Group plc (LON:CBG – Get Free Report) insider Fiona McCarthy purchased 37 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 410 per share, for a total transaction of £151.70.

Fiona McCarthy also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, October 5th, Fiona McCarthy acquired 37 shares of Close Brothers Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 401 per share, for a total transaction of £148.37.

Close Brothers Group Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of CBG traded down GBX 7 during trading hours on Friday, reaching GBX 393.40. 170,390 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,358,043. The company has a market cap of £592.94 million, a P/E ratio of -6.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.24. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 395.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 431.65. Close Brothers Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 318.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 556.15.

Close Brothers Group (LON:CBG – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 29th. The company reported GBX 47.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Close Brothers Group had a negative net margin of 7.56% and a negative return on equity of 4.07%. On average, research analysts forecast that Close Brothers Group plc will post 66.01 EPS for the current year.

About Close Brothers Group

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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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