Lloyds Banking Group (LYG) Competitors

Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LYG or MUFG?

2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LYG or MUFG more profitable?

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 10.89%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 9.81% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lloyds Banking Group	10.89%	9.81%	0.51%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	13.89%	8.86%	0.46%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LYG or MUFG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lloyds Banking Group	$18.79B	2.17	$6.79B	$0.39	6.90
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	$6.55T	0.02	$10.29B	$1.02	11.16

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LYG or MUFG?

Lloyds Banking Group received 732 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.15% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lloyds Banking Group	Outperform Votes 918 67.15%	Underperform Votes 449 32.85%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	Outperform Votes 186 63.92%	Underperform Votes 105 36.08%

Do analysts prefer LYG or MUFG?

Lloyds Banking Group presently has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.23%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lloyds Banking Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LYG or MUFG a better dividend stock?

Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 25.5% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, LYG or MUFG?

Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LYG or MUFG?

In the previous week, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and 5 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lloyds Banking Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lloyds Banking Group beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.