LLOY vs. NWG, AIBG, BARC, PRU, LSEG, STAN, LGEN, AV, SMT, and BNC
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Barclays (BARC), Prudential (PRU), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Standard Chartered (STAN), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), and Banco Santander (BNC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group 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.
In the previous week, NatWest Group and NatWest Group both had 6 articles in the media. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of -0.19 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NatWest Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 309.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.01%. Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 55.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.44%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. NatWest Group pays out 3,617.0% 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 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NatWest Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 31.09% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 27.61%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 11.72% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
39.9% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 27.1% of NatWest Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NatWest Group beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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