LYG vs. RY, C, MUFG, HDB, UBS, TD, IBN, SMFG, SAN, and BMO
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), and Bank of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group vs.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential downside of 18.28%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of $156.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.60%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 12.08% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 10.89%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.26% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 6 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 18 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.09 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lloyds Banking Group received 119 more outperform votes than Royal Bank of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.15% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 54.32% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.8% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Royal Bank of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Lloyds Banking Group on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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