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AIB Group (AIBG) Competitors

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GBX 508 +6.00 (+1.20%)
As of 05/1/2025 12:34 PM Eastern

AIBG vs. LLOY, NWG, BIRG, VMUK, TBCG, BGEO, BOCH, NBS, PTSB, and MTRO

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 Ireland Group (BIRG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), and Metro Bank (MTRO). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

AIB Group vs.

AIB Group (LON:AIBG) and Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AIB Group£5.27B2.69£2.45B£73.166.94
Lloyds Banking Group£28.75B1.50£4.79B£7.919.02

Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 64.25, indicating a potential downside of 9.94%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than AIB Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AIB Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Lloyds Banking Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

AIB Group has a net margin of 46.51% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 16.66%. AIB Group's return on equity of 15.32% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AIB Group46.51% 15.32% 1.72%
Lloyds Banking Group 16.66%11.22%0.57%

AIB Group has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

47.2% of AIB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of AIB Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Lloyds Banking Group received 2224 more outperform votes than AIB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave AIB Group an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AIB GroupOutperform Votes
32
72.73%
Underperform Votes
12
27.27%
Lloyds Banking GroupOutperform Votes
2256
70.54%
Underperform Votes
942
29.46%

AIB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. AIB Group pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 37.9% 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. AIB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 20 more articles in the media than AIB Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 2 mentions for AIB Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat AIB Group's score of -0.21 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
AIB Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lloyds Banking Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

AIB Group and Lloyds Banking Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AIBG vs. The Competition

MetricAIB GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£14.19B£6.27B£3.84B£2.56B
Dividend Yield4.53%4.25%4.21%4.97%
P/E Ratio6.948.4313.05132.50
Price / Sales2.6941.821,692.12227,865.53
Price / Cash0.1514.2550.4928.11
Price / Book0.910.603.414.54
Net Income£2.45B£16.75B£1.25B£5.84B
7 Day Performance4.96%1.31%0.95%2.70%
1 Month Performance-1.55%1.04%13.41%9.91%
1 Year Performance19.39%18.40%12.66%114.85%

AIB Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 508
+1.2%
N/A+23.0%£14.19B£5.27B6.9410,551News Coverage
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.3609 of 5 stars
GBX 71.34
-2.6%
GBX 64.25
-9.9%
+36.7%£43.26B£28.75B9.0259,400Analyst Forecast
NWG
NatWest Group
3.4122 of 5 stars
GBX 475.80
-0.5%
GBX 526.67
+10.7%
+56.1%£38.09B£24.36B8.5461,000
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 10.34
-1.7%
N/A+3.0%£10.37B£406.20B7.0110,845News Coverage
VMUK
Virgin Money UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 4,840
+2.3%
N/A+39.7%£2.75B£2.74B2.2010,267
BGEO
Bank of Georgia Group
N/AGBX 6,205
+3.4%
N/A+14.5%£2.74B£3.09B1.209,398News Coverage
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
1.5939 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 595
+∞
N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading Volume
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 131.25
+0.2%
N/A-99.0%£1.40B£1.07T0.9318,099
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 1.60
+4.2%
N/A+1.3%£938.60M£104.62B8.863,330
MTRO
Metro Bank
N/AGBX 100
-0.6%
N/A+201.2%£683.75M£752.96M-27.954,286

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This page (LON:AIBG) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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