LYG vs. CM, BCS, NWG, ING, BBVA, KB, BMO, BSBR, BAP, and SAN
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), KB Financial Group (KB), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Credicorp (BAP), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Lloyds Banking Group has a net margin of 13.41% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 10.79%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity of 13.07% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of $73.44, indicating a potential upside of 2,570.45%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.84%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company 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 received 429 more outperform votes than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had 9 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and 2 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 47.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 54.8% 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. Lloyds Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Lloyds Banking Group and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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