LYG vs. HDB, MUFG, C, UBS, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, BMO, and BNS
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group vs.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HDFC Bank pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, HDFC Bank had 7 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HDFC Bank and 2 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.15 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HDFC Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HDFC Bank has a net margin of 14.48% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 10.89%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 12.49% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by company 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 has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group presently has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential downside of 3.68%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than HDFC Bank.
Lloyds Banking Group received 488 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
Summary
HDFC Bank beats Lloyds Banking Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LYG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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