LLOY vs. NWG, AIBG, BOCH, TBCG, CBG, MTRO, STB, ARBB, BIRG, and CBKD
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), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Metro Bank (MTRO), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and NatWest Group (LON:NWG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
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 5.4%. 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.
49.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of NatWest Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 55.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.37%. NatWest Group has a consensus target price of GBX 309.38, suggesting a potential downside of 2.16%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than NatWest Group.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 3 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 5 mentions for NatWest Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat NatWest Group's score of -0.22 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lloyds Banking Group beats NatWest Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LLOY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
