profit from every £100 of sales.
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Close Brothers Group
£3.98-0.45% today
-5.1% in 1 year
1-year low £3.451-year high £5.35
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2024.
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You pay £5.97 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What Close Brothers Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £1.02 billion in 2021 to £793 million in 2024, with £100 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Close Brothers Group vs. similar companies
Close Brothers Group grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close Brothers Group | 6.0× · Cheap | ||
 China Merchants Bank | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
 DBS Group Holdings | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 UniCredit | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
 HDFC Bank | 18.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Close Brothers Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,022 | 1,007 | 1,011 | 793 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 202 | 165 | 81 | 100 | |
| – | 1.10 | 0.54 | 0.60 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 19.8% | 16.4% | 8.0% | 12.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 12,035 | 12,678 | 13,550 | 14,081 |
| Cash | 1,331 | 1,255 | 1,937 | 1,584 |
| Total debt | 2,601 | 2,870 | 2,844 | 2,356 |
| Total liabilities | 10,465 | 11,021 | 11,905 | 12,238 |
| 1,570 | 1,658 | 1,645 | 1,843 | |
| – | 150 | 150 | 150 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 12.9% | 10.0% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 159 | 1,021 | -382 | |
| 57 | 58 | 62 | 45 | |
| 62 | 100 | 960 | -427 | |
| Dividends paid | 87 | 96 | 99 | 67 |
| 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
| – | – | – | – |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 6.0×
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- 0.4×
- 0.8×
- 16.8%
- 11.2%
Profitability
- 12.7%
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Growth
- −8.1%
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- −0.1%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 8%of 876
Bottom 11%of 878
Bottom 1%of 929
11.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$112a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
66.8% of its profit
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Questions about Close Brothers Group
Is Close Brothers Group a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Close Brothers Group AI analysis
What does Close Brothers Group do?
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 three segments: Commercial, Retail, and Property. It is in Banks - Regional, based in London, United Kingdom, with 2,600 employees.
Does Close Brothers Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 11.2% a year, about 67% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out £67.1 million in dividends.
Is Close Brothers Group stock halal?
No. Close Brothers Group does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has Close Brothers Group stock done over the past year?
Down 5.1% over the past twelve months, to £3.98. It traded between £3.45 and £5.35 and is 25.7% below its high.
Who are Close Brothers Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Merchants Bank, DBS Group Holdings, UniCredit and HDFC Bank. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Close Brothers Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.