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Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) Competitors

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GBX 55.22 -0.20 (-0.36%)
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LLOY vs. HSBA, BNC, BARC, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, and BOY

Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include HSBC (HSBA), Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), NatWest Group (NWG), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Lloyds Banking Group vs.

Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and HSBC (LON:HSBA) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 10 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 8 mentions for HSBC. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat HSBC's score of 0.19 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lloyds Banking Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HSBC
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

HSBC has a net margin of 39.51% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 27.22%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.64% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lloyds Banking Group27.22% 11.38% 0.57%
HSBC 39.51%12.64%0.80%

Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lloyds Banking Group received 1274 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.62% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 50.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lloyds Banking GroupOutperform Votes
2255
70.62%
Underperform Votes
938
29.38%
HSBCOutperform Votes
981
50.23%
Underperform Votes
972
49.77%

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lloyds Banking Group£18.55B1.83£4.51B£0.07791.71
HSBC£58.55B2.24£22.05B£0.89811.80

50.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. 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. HSBC pays out 5,393.3% 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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 55.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.14%. HSBC has a consensus price target of GBX 795, indicating a potential upside of 10.03%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lloyds Banking Group
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

HSBC beats Lloyds Banking Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LLOY vs. The Competition

MetricLloyds Banking GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.96B£5.08B£3.36B£1.48B
Dividend Yield4.69%4.44%4.58%11.73%
P/E Ratio791.7155.23433.781,620.08
Price / Sales1.8347.573,306.71231,996.62
Price / Cash0.111.6649.0531.70
Price / Book0.890.651.492.68
Net Income£4.51B£2.54B£406.86M£161.14M
7 Day Performance0.69%0.03%-0.11%-0.58%
1 Month Performance-10.32%-0.79%7.05%7.85%
1 Year Performance30.25%16.26%15.34%19.05%

Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
0.9144 of 5 stars
GBX 55.22
-0.4%
GBX 55.50
+0.5%
+28.7%£33.83B£18.55B788.8659,400High Trading Volume
HSBA
HSBC
1.9634 of 5 stars
GBX 726.90
+0.6%
GBX 795
+9.4%
+17.3%£132.22B£58.55B811.80219,000High Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 375.56
+0.3%
N/A+15.2%£57.69B£47.24B634.75206,500
BARC
Barclays
1.1038 of 5 stars
GBX 259.70
+0.3%
GBX 276
+6.3%
+81.7%£37.68B£23.25B993.6587,400High Trading Volume
NWG
NatWest Group
2.5126 of 5 stars
GBX 398.50
+0.4%
GBX 351
-11.9%
+90.8%£33.20B£13.75B844.6861,000High Trading Volume
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.5895 of 5 stars
GBX 4,742
-0.4%
GBX 4,788.50
+1.0%
-10.6%£32.77B£14.33B2,194.0126,000High Trading Volume
COB
Cobham
N/AGBX 164.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
1.7854 of 5 stars
GBX 1,076
+1.8%
GBX 1,600
+48.7%
-7.4%£2.36B£1.17B781.48140
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4934 of 5 stars
GBX 327.21
+0.4%
GBX 297
-9.2%
+54.5%£1.57B£72.09M6,560.00130
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.714 of 5 stars
GBX 282
+0.7%
GBX 260
-7.8%
+129.9%£1.17B£191.59M9,333.33820
BOY
Bodycote
2.9119 of 5 stars
GBX 607
-0.2%
GBX 812.50
+33.9%
+0.1%£1.11B£781.40M1,842.424,833News Coverage
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This page (LON:LLOY) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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