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$3.84 -0.05 (-1.16%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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LYG vs. HSBC, MUFG, HDB, RY, C, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, and UBS

Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include HSBC (HSBC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), and UBS Group (UBS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Lloyds Banking Group vs.

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

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. HSBC 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC$67.40B3.05$23.53B$6.209.32
Lloyds Banking Group$18.60B3.13$6.79B$0.3311.62

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 11.45%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HSBC16.17% 12.20% 0.79%
Lloyds Banking Group 11.45%8.46%0.44%

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. HSBC pays out 115.8% 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 pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

HSBC received 23 more outperform votes than Lloyds Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.15% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HSBCOutperform Votes
943
58.21%
Underperform Votes
677
41.79%
Lloyds Banking GroupOutperform Votes
920
67.15%
Underperform Votes
450
32.85%

In the previous week, HSBC had 35 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for HSBC and 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat HSBC's score of 0.51 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
14 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lloyds Banking Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HSBC has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential downside of 28.29%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than HSBC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Lloyds Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Summary

HSBC beats Lloyds Banking Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LYG vs. The Competition

MetricLloyds Banking GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$58.25B$37.07B$11.31B$19.39B
Dividend Yield2.84%3.61%5.39%3.76%
P/E Ratio11.628.8822.4933.06
Price / Sales3.131.5925.6026.59
Price / Cash5.099.6317.6217.55
Price / Book1.031.292.674.53
Net Income$6.79B$3.43B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.68%-0.77%-0.01%-1.30%
1 Month Performance1.86%1.44%495.71%-4.04%
1 Year Performance48.07%28.13%536.45%2.55%

Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group
2.8856 of 5 stars
$3.84
-1.2%
$2.75
-28.3%
+48.1%$58.25B$18.60B11.6259,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HSBC
HSBC
2.4476 of 5 stars
$58.08
+0.4%
N/A+46.8%$206.84B$67.40B9.37220,861Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.7291 of 5 stars
$14.65
-2.2%
N/A+36.8%$176.73B$6.78T13.44135,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.8283 of 5 stars
$65.81
+2.0%
N/A+18.2%$166.66B$2.39T20.00213,527News Coverage
Positive News
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.9037 of 5 stars
$115.91
+2.0%
$156.50
+35.0%
+11.1%$163.63B$60.46B14.0394,838Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.983 of 5 stars
$74.12
+3.0%
$83.53
+12.7%
+11.1%$139.67B$81.09B12.46239,000Analyst Downgrade
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0777 of 5 stars
$31.66
+1.2%
N/A+18.8%$111.80B$1.95T20.96187,765Stock Split
Gap Up
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.8192 of 5 stars
$60.56
+1.7%
$80.50
+32.9%
-0.1%$106.11B$57.52B17.45102,190Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.1161 of 5 stars
$16.37
-2.1%
N/A+33.8%$105.95B$5.12T15.89101,000
SAN
Banco Santander
4.3692 of 5 stars
$6.99
+0.9%
N/A+40.2%$105.84B$63.84B8.42212,764Short Interest ↓
UBS
UBS Group
3.73 of 5 stars
$32.95
+0.7%
N/A+2.7%$105.66B$45.35B21.68112,842Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:LYG) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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