AIBG vs. LLOY, NWG, BOCH, TBCG, CBG, MTRO, ARBB, STB, BIRG, and CBKD
Should you be buying AIB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AIB Group include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Metro Bank (MTRO), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
AIB Group (LON:AIBG) and Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than AIB Group. AIB 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.
AIB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. AIB Group pays out 3,538.5% 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.
Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 55.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.44%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than AIB Group.
AIB Group has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AIB Group has a net margin of 45.56% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 27.61%. AIB Group's return on equity of 15.06% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
41.7% of AIB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of AIB Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 8 more articles in the media than AIB Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 0 mentions for AIB Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat AIB Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2222 more outperform votes than AIB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave AIB Group an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Lloyds Banking Group beats AIB Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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