LLOY vs. NWG, AIBG, BARC, PRU, LSEG, STAN, LGEN, AV, SMT, and BNC
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Barclays (BARC), Prudential (PRU), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Standard Chartered (STAN), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), and Banco Santander (BNC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and NatWest Group (LON:NWG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 31.09% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 27.61%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 11.72% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NatWest Group pays out 3,617.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lloyds Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.7% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of NatWest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 7 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 2 mentions for NatWest Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.01% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 55.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. NatWest Group has a consensus target price of GBX 309.38, suggesting a potential downside of 2.90%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than NatWest Group.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NatWest Group beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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